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Here's an opportunity to write a short review on a particular subject of your interest.
Write a review of your chosen subject area in no more than 300 words during your tutorial session. You can post directly here on Padlet or upload a Word doc or PDF file. Take note of the characteristics of a review shared during lecture on Friday for your piece to be adequately considered a Review Article. I have written a few examples for you below on past movies and books I had reviewed when I was a journalist.

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ERAGON (2006)

Cast: Edward Speelers, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Djimon Hounsou, Garrett Hedlund, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, Gary Lewis, Alun Armstrong, Tamsin Egerton

Directors: Stefan Fangmeier

Stefan Fangmeier, the visual effects supervisor at LucasArts's Industrial Light & Magic, makes his directorial debut in this fantasy action-adventure epic about an young boy destined to be the greatest dragon warrior who will lead an uprising against an oppressive empire. The film is based on the well-received series of books by a young author named Christopher Paolini who wrote the story when he was still in high school.

It all began when a young farm boy named Eragon (Speelers, in his feature acting debut) from Alagaesia stumbled upon a strange shaped rock which is actually a dragon egg. It is the same egg that was sought by the tyrant King Galbatorix (Malkovich) who wishes to have the egg for his own evil deeds. When the egg hatches to Eragon’s astonishment and wonderment, both boy and dragon forges a close relationship stronger than any human relationship. With the help of his dragon and under the tutelage of his village storyteller Brom (Irons), Eragon finally discovers his true destiny and is swept away to a fantastic world of magic, dragons and power!

Compare not this film with that of Sean Connery's Dragonheart for this film and that film are worlds apart although they do feature friendly dragons who aids humanity against their oppressors. Eragon is a gritty, rich film with dazzling special effects from the best of the best in Hollywood and Fangmeier has been largely faithful to the book. This could be one of the year-end surprises of 2006. Will definitely be a sure hit with those of us who has dreamt and fantasised as a child of fighting with dragons.

OFFICIAL SITE http://www.eragonmovie.com/

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American Gods (2001) by Neil Gaiman
Genre: High-fantasy/fantasy
Publisher: William Morrow
Awards: Won the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Novel amongst others.

I've read my fair share of high fantasy novels ever since I discovered them in my college days and the one book that will always have a special place in my heart, that I return to read now and again, would be this one. It is actually the 2nd book I've read from Gaiman, and it is this very book that made me fall in love with his writing style, the rich tapestry of characters he brought to life that seemingly leapt from the pages of book into my over-active, imaginative mind and the detail that went into crafting an absolute masterpiece. It was truly a delight to read, and when I read it the first time around, I had finished it in 3 days.

For anyone who loves ancient mythologies of the various gods, goddesses and deities around the world and from different cultures, this is a brilliant modern interpretation and adaptation of them. It tells the story of the perennial struggle between the old and the new, set at a time when the influence of the old gods have diminished and new gods have risen to vie for their place in the hearts of men. It's a road trip  novel of sorts across America set against the backdrop of an impending epic battle between the old gods and the New American Gods of the internet, media, fame, and modern transportation. But can the honour of the old gods truly be restored with the banishment of the new ones?

How this novel had impacted my life? I must say that in the days after my dad's passing, in order to cope with the sense of loss and grief, I turned to reading, and this book was one of those that I had read at that time. The themes in the book dealt with death, grief, finding one's destiny or place/purpose in this great scheme of things called life, and more importantly, that there are things in this world that is not what it appears to be. It was refreshing to me, as I had never read any book like this, you can say that it was a very cathartic process for me reading this book and hence, whenever I need to re-discover my purpose and mission, and know what I am here for, all I needed to do was pick this book up and read it again.

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Café Serena Brasserie
Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur
165, Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur 
Malaysia
Ramadhan Buffet starts daily at 6.45pm to 10.30pm from September 23 – October 23
Rating: ****1/2

Intro: A splendid feast fit for a sultan for this Ramadhan season awaits diners at Café Serena Brasserie, Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur. 

From September 23 to October 23, break your fast with the sumptuous buffet spread that’s specially prepared by Hotel Nikko’s head of Malay Kitchen Chef, Jasmin Mohd. Zon for this extra special season. He is particularly famous for his signature dishes Ikan Asam Pedas and Rendang Minang, both dishes originating from the chef’s home state of Negri Sembilan.

Hailing from Negri Sembilan, the chef has more than 20 years of experience in preparing authentic, top quality Malay dishes, especially “kampong” food that will definitely transport diners back to their younger days enjoying food prepared by their grandmothers in their village.

Featuring five different menus rotating on a daily basis, with over 100 different dishes that ranges from typical Malay “kampong” dishes such as Ikan Patin Masak Lemak Tempoyak, Kambing Masak Pedas and Ayam Masak Merah to Northern Indian style food such as Naan Bread and Chicken Tikka as well as Western selections such as Spaghetti with Tomato Basil Sauce, Marinated Lamb with Mint Sauce and Pan Fried Salmon. Diners will certainly be spoilt for choice with when one takes into account the whole range of salads, appetizers, soups, desserts and beverages offered at the buffet as well.

Good taste certainly redefined here at Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur. It has everything that will make your fasting bearable and dining experience all the more enjoyable and memorable during this holy month!

Ambience: Pleasant, warm ambience. A Gahazal band that performs daily adds to the rich, soothing dining experience and giving that authentic Malay feel to the feast.

Service: The staff are courteous, attentive, warm and helpful. They are well-trained and knowledgeable in the menu.

Price: RM90.00++ per person. Children aged between 6 and 12 years are charged RM45.00++ per person. Call 603-2782 6228 to make your reservations.

Best dishes: Nasi Minyak bersama Daun Celery dan Buah Raisin, Ayam Dara Goreng Kalasan, Ketam Masak Lemak Cili Api Nenas, Ikan Patin Masak Lemak Tempoyak, Rendang Kambing Mamak, Hirisan Daging Masak Kurma.

Best table: A row of comfortable sofa and cushioned seats against the wall at the right corner of the restaurant as you entered.

Details: Halal. 
Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price taken into account in relation to quality.

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TV Series Review
Euphoria (2019)

Cast: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow

Directors: Sam Levinson

Sam Levinson is an American actor and filmmaker that has written and produced  popular shows such as "Assassination Nation (2018)" and "The Wizard of Lies (2017)". He is best known for writing and directing comedy drama film "Another Happy Day (2011)". Euphoria is a story that was inspired and written off from Sam Levinson's experienced battle with drug addiction.

Euphoria is a 8-episode TV series hat starts off with the story of each character narrated by 17-year-old Rue Bennett (Zendaya). The show is a kaleidoscopic look at the lives of troubled, yearning teenagers on a journey of self-discovery that happens to involve tons of intercourse, drugs, and cathartic weeping. The show first opens with heavy teen-angst and our main character, Rue Bennett. Over the summer holidays, Rue was sent to a rehab center due to her accidental drug overdose. However, as she completes her sobriety course, she  returns to her hometown with no intentions of staying sober. With the look of the first episode, it is very surprising to see a former Disney star evolve to play such a self-destructive and self-loathing character such as Rue. However this proves that she is a phenomenal actress and was born to perform.

In the process of expanding Rue's story arc, they also go through the traumas faced by her high school peers. The show's depiction of heavy, gut-churning adolescent events adds up to an exhausting, exasperating experience. In an odd juxtaposition, Euphoria is also a story of love. Prior to Rue leaving rehab, she meets Jules (Hunter Schafer). Jules is a transgender girl who just moved into the suburbs and forms a semi-romantic relationship with Rue. However, Jules has an underlying secret of being attracted to meeting much older and homophobic men for intercourse where there is a complicated abuse of power. Another love story would involve characters Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi) and his on- and off-again girlfriend Maddy (Alexa Demie), who have a "passionate" love that leads to physical abuse.

Comparing this show to Skins (2007), they have some similarities where each episode is dedicated to telling the story of a different character. But Euphoria shows a darker portrayal that many viewers might find uncomfortable such as scenes of extreme nudity and violence. However, in some ways it proves cathartic as it touches on topics that not many people would go into detail of. So if you are looking for another version of Skins and you are not bothered by scenes that might be triggering, then you should give Euphoria a try.

OFFICIAL SITE
https://www.hbo.com/euphoria

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Nurqistina Batrisyia Binti Ahmad Shah (0342081)

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Nurqistina Batrisyia Binti Ahmad Shah (0342081)

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Movie Review
Dreamgirls (2006)

Cast : Beyonce, Jenniffer Hudson, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Anika Roni, Loretta Devine, Keith Robinson, Danny Glover, Sharon Leal,

Director : Bill Condon

This movie “Dreamgirls” is a 2006 American movie that was adapted by a Broadway musical of the same composer Henry Kriger and the lyricist is Tom Eyen. Dreamgirls is a film that takes strong inspiration from the history of Motown record labels. This movie/story follows the evolution of American R&B music during the 1960s until the 1970s.

It all began with a group of girls called “The Dreamettes”, which consist of Effie White (Hudson) as the leader, Deanna Jones (Beyonce)  and also Lorell Robinson (Roni) . They went to an amature R&B competition at the Detroit theater and was late to the competition. Curtis (Foxx) presents himself to them and tries to ask the manager to let The Dreamettes to compete. After the competition ended, Curtis became The Dreamettes manager and set up them to be the backup singer for Jimmy “Thunder” Early (Murphy). At some point, Curtis succeeded in having his own record label called “Rainbow Labels” and took The Dreamettes as their main Vocal group but changed the leads to Deanna Jones. This has caused many issues and it goes downfall with it. Effie was removed from the group and was replaced by Michelle (Leal). This issue has caused bad blood between Effie and the Rainbow Label.

In the end, the group split ways but reconciled their relationship with Effie. The group had a final performance and sang their famous song which is called “Dreamgirls”.

Comparing this movie with other Song based movies. This movie is based from an actual broadway and could inspire many people.

OFFICIAL SITE :
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-real-dreamgirls-147452817/

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Movie Review

Titanic (1997)

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher

Director: James Cameron

Based on the true story of the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic, the 1997 film directed by James Cameron made its way to one of the highest grossing films of all time. Cameron’s portrayal of the Titanic tragedy gained worldwide recognition, winning countless awards including the Academy Award for Best Music and Academy Award for Best Picture. Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, with their characters’ star-crossed love story being the essence of this tragic historical retelling.

Set in 1912, Winslet’s character, Rose Dewitt Bukater, comes from a wealthy family with professional connections. Engaged to another one of wealth, Rose boards the Titanic as a first-class passenger along with her mother and fiancé, Cal Hockley. DiCaprio’s character, on the other hand, was someone who one would never take a second glance upon. Jack Dawson, a young orphan who won tickets onto the Titanic from a poker game, boarded the British passenger liner as a third-class passenger. Two very different people from very different lives, and yet, their fates intertwine.

Jack and Rose’s relationship starts off as mere acquaintances which gradually evolves into a friendship. Though not looked highly upon by Rose’s mother and fiancé, Jack still remains at Rose’s side as a companion. Jack and Rose’s friendship comes from unexpected chance but the flame of romance ignites between them from intentional desire and fate. Their love for one another is put to the ultimate test when the Titanic meets its horrific end.

The 1997 retelling of Titanic allows its audience to live through its magnificent voyage through Jack and Rose’s story. Cameron has a remarkable way of reeling in the emotions of his audience by creating a story of glory and beauty that morphs into an unimaginable and horrific chase of survival.

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Mirza Hamza Foad (0344724) TV Series review                          Twin Peaks

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Mirza Hamza Foad (0344724) TV Series review                          Twin Peaks

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A massive name in the 90s Twin Peaks is one of the most loved show about the examination concerning the homicide of a secondary school homecoming sovereign in a Pacific Northwest wood town. Co-made by movie producer David Lynch, the show is a strange and magical journey into the clouded side of human instinct, overflowing with 🤬, savagery, dream arrangements, and a display of odd characters. It was dangerous and provocative, yet not every 🤬 fine espresso, and it was gone in a year. The show mainly starts off with the killing of Laura palmer, not only having what happened to her but also showing the aftermath towards the lives of her community. Detective Dale Cooper is shown investigating the town (Twin Peaks) the town is shown to be odd and to some extent fascinating. Having said that though twin peaks is clearly a message that is being delivered by the director David Lynch and the mystic part of this show is the perfect embodiment of that message. If you are looking for a thrilling investigation of a murder and enjoy symbolism in shows then look no further than Twin Peaks!

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MOVIE：TENET

yinzhu ren （0344091）

The story line on the surface of "Tenet" is not complicated, and it can even be said to be a spy film routine.

The male protagonist was chosen to prevent World War III. The key to this war is to find and defeat a Russian arms chief. The story on the surface of "Tenet" is simple and easy to understand, and it seems that it is not much different from the spy films that save the world such as the "Mission Impossible" series and the "007" series. But the special thing about "Tenet" is that it combines science fiction and spy film elements. This rescue operation involves time, and the core is "time reversal."

The root of the war is that people in the future world want to destroy the present world and send back a technology that can counter the flow of time. This arms boss is someone who can connect with the future.

Nolan is also a veteran of non-linear narrative and time playing. The debut feature film "Follow" is a non-linear narrative, and then "Inception" and "Interstellar" also involve the issue of time.

When watching the movie Tenet, I think its audition experience is excellent. Compared with the special effects of most movies nowadays, Nolan prefers to use real shots. Of course, this method works better and is more expensive. He directly burned a real plane in this movie.

Judging from the current scores, IMDB7.9, Metacritic69 scores, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes 74%, "Tenet" may not be regarded as Nolan's peak work so far. After watching this film, I believe this rating is reasonable. Compared with Nolan’s previous movies, from the time he started filming Dunkirk, I feel that Nolan is no longer the Nolan I’m familiar with. In other words , I prefer his early movies. If you compare "Tanet" with Nolan's beloved "007" series, it is not as clear as the mission and clues of 007. If it compares with Nolan's previous "Inception" and "Interstellar", no matter the internal driving force of the development of the story, or the nostalgia for the lost lover . It starts from the human nature, it can evoke universal resonance.Only that way the complicated space-time structure can withstand scrutiny.

Throughout the movie, The heroine who drives the plot is a tragic life.She has no right to actively choose, and every step is a passive choice. As the only emotional main line worth talking about in the movie is the male protagonist bidding farewell to his teammates, his teammate is a man who knows the end of the matter but has no hesitation in getting into the action of saving the world again and again. At the end of the movie, the friendship between the hero and teammates was sublimated, but for a two-hour movie, this sublimation came too late.

Secondly, the lines in the movie have large explanations, which are very long-winded and boring, which makes the movie look less narrative, more like watching a popular science column.

Of course, Nolan's films still maintain a high level, whether it is logical scrutiny or film editing technology, they can withstand the test, regardless of whether your viewing experience is good or bad while watching the movie. Just like Nolan’s lines in the movie, “Don’t try to understand it, but feel it”

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Movie review- Tao JiaNi 0343859

Titanic (1997)

Directors : James Cameron

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio,Kate Winslet,Billy Zane,Kathy Bates,Frances Fisher,Bill Paxton,Victor Garber,Jonathan Hyde,David Warner

In 1912 Southampton, 17-year-old first-class passenger Rose DeWitt Bukater, her fiancé Cal Hockley, and her mother Ruth board the luxurious Titanic. Ruth emphasizes that Rose's marriage will resolve their family's financial problems and allow them to retain their upper- class status. Distraught over the engagement, Rose climbs over the stern and contemplates suicide; Jack Dawson, a poor artist, intervenes and discourages her. Discovered with Jack, Rose tells a concerned Cal that she was peering over the edge and Jack saved her from falling. Cal becomes indifferent, and it is suggested to him that Jack be rewarded; he invites Jack to dine with them in first-class. Jack and Rose develop a tentative friendship, despite Cal, his valet Spicer Lovejoy, and Ruth, being wary of him. Following dinner, Rose secretly joins Jack at a party in third-class.

Aware of Cal and Ruth's disapproval, Rose rebuffs Jack's advances, but later realizes she prefers him over Cal. After rendezvousing on the bow at sunset, Rose takes Jack to her state room; at her request, Jack sketches Rose posing nude wearing Cal's engagement present , the Heart of the Ocean. They evade Lovejoy, and have 🤬 in an automobile inside the cargo hold. On the forward deck, they witness the ship's collision with an iceberg and overhear its officers and builder discussing its seriousness.

Cal discovers Jack's sketch of Rose and an insulting note from her in his safe along with the necklace. When Jack and Rose attempt to inform Cal of the collision, Cal retaliates by having Lovejoy slip the necklace into Jack's pocket, accusing him of theft. Jack is arrested and restrained in the master-at-arms' office. Cal puts the necklace in his own coat pocket.

With the ship sinking, Rose flees Cal and her mother, who has boarded a lifeboat, and frees Jack. On the boat deck, Cal and Jack encourage her to board a lifeboat. While intending only to save himself, Cal claims he can ensure he and Jack get off safely. As her lifeboat lowers, Rose realizes she cannot leave Jack, and jumps back on board. Cal takes Lovejoy's pistol and chases Rose and Jack into the flooding first-class dining saloon. After using up his ammunition, he relents . Cal realizes he gave his coat, and consequently the necklace, to Rose. He later boards a lifeboat by carrying a lost child.

After braving several obstacles, Jack and Rose return to the boat deck. The lifeboats have departed and passengers are falling to their deaths as the stern rises out of the water. The ship breaks in half, dropping the stern into the water. Jack and Rose climb onto the back of it, and ride it into the ocean. He helps her onto a wooden panel buoyant enough for only one person. He assures her that she will die an old woman, warm in her bed. Jack dies of hypothermia,but Rose is saved by a returning lifeboat.

The RMS Carpathia later rescues the survivors; on board, Rose hides from Cal en route to New York City, where she gives her name as Rose Dawson. Rose says she later read that Cal committed suicide due to financial hardship as a result of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

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Animated Movie Review:
Spirited Away (2001)

Directors: Hayao Miyazaki

Cast: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Iriono, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tatsuya Gashûin, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Yumi Tamai

Awards: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature(2003)

Spirited Away is a story of Chihiro Ogino(Hiiragi), a 10-year-old girl who stumbles upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park with her parents. After her mother and father are turned into giant pigs, Chihiro meets the mysterious Haku (Miyu Irino), who explains that the park is a resort for supernatural beings who need a break from their time spent in the earthly realm, and that she must work there to free herself and her parents.

This is the first animated film I watched in my life and it’s extremely appealing for people to watch it repeatedly. In addition, it's amazing that watching this film at different ages will give you different impressions or perceptions. In fact, I’ve watched it several times and the impressions aren't the same as I thought Haku is a girl but actually the character is a boy!

Miyazaki does a brilliant job in this film as a hallmark of a good storyteller is making the audience empathise or pull them into the shoes of the central character. During the first fifteen minutes we have no idea what is going on. Neither does the main character Chihiro. We discover the world as Chihiro does and it's truly amazing to watch. But Miyazaki doesn't seem to treat this world as something amazing. The world is filmed just like our workaday world would.

Through Chihiro, Miyazaki is clearly (but non-patronisingly) talking to the youth of Japan. At first, Chihiro is a selfish, spoiled girl. However, as she plunges deeper into the spirit world, she becomes more independent, more assured, more respectful and learns some manners. No Face, a black figure with a white mask, is the catalyst behind Chihiro's transformation.

This animation doesn’t have the “perfect” work as Disney’s but the detailed world is far more attraching than others.

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Food Review

Island Problem
161, Lebuh Campbell
George Town
10100 George Town
Pulau Pinang
Malaysia
Business Hours : 12 pm to 11pm. Closed on Wednesdays.

Rating : ***** 9/10

Intro : Island Problems Restaurant is a Japanese, Don, Sando Bar restaurant in nearby Georgetown, Penang, which is a perfect embodiment between Thai and Japanese cuisine.

There is a open-kitchen concept, where diners can seat at the counter which can catch the live action of the chef preparing your meal. First floor is an all-black design, owner wish to create an unconstrained space. The upper floor is a fashion boutique, selling their own branded fashion apparels. Compare to first floor, the upper floor is a definitely different design, like come to another place, which is more simple and tend to arty.

Back to menu, the chef has creatively combined some of the best Japanese dishes with Thai flavours. The chef constantly tweaking their menu while collecting feedback from restaurant – goers. I visit this restaurant quite a few time, their food never disappoints me.

Ambience : Is a good place for some initiate and chill dining.

Service : The staff are friendly, helpful and humble. Always provide a good behavior and also patient to explain the food detail.

Price : The price is at average range, food portion is rather small.

Best Dishes : Salmon Blanket Mentaiko, Tomyam Gong Pasta, Green Curry Udon, Trio Roe Pasta, Tomyum Goong Sweet Potato Fires, Mentaiko Tamangoyaki.

Best Table : Bar table, which dinners get to see how the Chef preparing the food.

Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price taken into account in relation to quality.

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Hazel Hoh Yuen Hei (0339326)
Movie Review

Cast: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey
Director: Richard LaGravenese

Freedom Writers (2007) directed by ‎Richard LaGravenese is a true story about an enthusiastic white teacher trying to make a difference in a room filled with students from all sorts of backgrounds, mostly ethnic minorities. Ms. Erin Gruwell takes a job educating a bunch of no-hopers and transforms them into students that would make America proud.

Ms Erin aims to change the lives of her students and at the same time, they change her too. This plot is the core of every similar movie, but it is refreshingly different. Ms. Gruwell finds ways to compare Hitler’s actions against the Jews to instances of gang violence. Although both issues are far off, but the similarities they share gives Ms. Gruwell an entrance into her student’s world and trust. The students were mesmerised by the book “The Diary of Ann Frank” and was paid a visit from Miep Gies (the author), whom one of the students labelled as his “hero.”

The movie delivers an expected message about hope and the capability to change one’s path in an emotionally and intellectually satisfying approach, hence it is an effective movie. The emotional scenes felt real than artificial, thereby providing a hint of authenticity. This movie will definitely be a hit among movie goers that strives to reconnect with the world around them.

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Yoon Shin Tyan (0339154)

Movie: Mulan (2020)
Directed by: Niki Caro

When the trailer for live-action Mulan, which also known as a remake from Disney’s 1998 animated film was first revealed, star Liu YiFei’s intonation of the line “bring honor to us all”, was audiences’ first indication that the new movie would honor the spirit of its predecessor. However, the 2020 film expands that mantra into three specific virtues: loyal, brave, and true, which guide Hua Mulan (Liu) from the family in which she is a misfit, to the Imperial Army in her father’s armor, to a showdown with the encroaching Rouran threat.

Disney made it clear from the first announcement that this Mulan would not be a musical, which automatically takes away a lot of the levity. The absence of the musical numbers is felt more keenly in some places than others. This version maintains some of the irreverence of the training camp, the dark suspense of the Rouran’s approach, the somber strings of Mulan pondering how to be the perfect daughter and the soaring strains when she figures out how. But there is not the same musical framework, so that these moments feel like they occur in a vacuum. This is especially the case for the reiterations of “Reflection,” animated Mulan’s “I want” song (which live-action Mulan never sings) yet so recognizable that the audience has a Pavlovian response whenever it scores Mulan’s especially daring moves.

On top of that, Mulan absolutely captures the spirit of the original movie, a title that many holds close to their hearts, but it also has a great particular respect for the material that allows it to stand individually. There are iconic moments that will not be seen in this version and it does not need it. It inspires nostalgia by reminding the viewer why they loved the animated version, but then runs a mile further to entertain, surprise and touch audiences in a way only it could. It will inspire Disney fans to revisit the movie they know, but then they will additionally have reason to also go back to watch the live-action version all over again.

The live-action Mulan easily stands on its own, and earns its way into the Disney canon less through inventive musical numbers and more through a very 2020-appropriate interrogation of how women can break out of their traditional roles

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The Best Bakery in KL? Confirm Kenny Hills Bakers lahh!!!

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The Best Bakery in KL? Confirm Kenny Hills Bakers lahh!!!

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Restaurant Review

Kenny Hills Bakers

Lot B-2, Taman Tunku,

Off Jalan Langgak Tunku, Bukit Tunku,

50480 Kuala Lumpur.

Hours:

Every day 8am–10pm

(8am-6pm during CMCO)
Ratings:9/10

With a great greenery environment in Taman Tunku, Kenny Hills Bakers started with a small cafe serving bakery and beverage. With their philosophy “To source the best ingredients, craft everything fresh by hand, and to pour our soul into everything we do”.  Kenny Hills Bakers has worked hard with combination with their beliefs and artisanal skill. Now, they have expanded their small cafe to a big restaurant and has attracted large crowds to fill up their empty stomachs.

Also, Kenny Hills Bakers has expanded the varieties of food such as sandwiches, cakes, pizzas and local favourites. The foods are all available for the whole day. With their philosophy, all the foods served are prepared fresh and cooked to perfection. For example, Kenny Hills Bakers’s pizzas are 100% made by organic flour and many varieties of toppings. Customers can choose to have 2 different toppings on the same pizza too(RM28-RM45). The Turkey Ham Sandwich contains a delicious turkey ham and juicy tomato inside a croissant which cost RM16.Kenny Hills Bakers also serves Tiramisu cake (RM15), Smoked Salmon Bagel(RM26), Turkey Ham Carbonara (RM34) and many more! Do go to Kenny Hills Bakers to try it out!

Not just food, customers also visit the restaurant for their beverage while they come to meet their friends and family or doing their things. Kenny Hills Baker is serious about its coffee, with single-origin beans currently roasted by Solaris Dutamas’ Hot Shots. Cappuccinos, lattes & flat whites all clock in at RM10 each; organic tea – English Breakfast & Earl Grey – costs RM9 per cup. Also, Kenny Hills Bakers serve cold pressed juices such as passion fruit with wild honey at RM10.

Environment: There’s a jungle section behind Kenny Hills Bakers where customers can relax and take pictures. The restaurant is also designed in an antique way that also attracts customers to take pictures.

Service: The service is fantastic as the servants have good manners and attitude when they serve their customers. They also write down your name on the receipt when the customers take away to ensure not to mess up the orders. However they will be very busy during the peak hours so it will be very hard to get service.

Extra Advice: It is recommended to go during weekdays and go there early because the restaurant is always packed with people. Going there late will cause you to wait for a few hours.

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Its origin goes way back to the 90’s and for most of us, we grew up with this animated classic ‘Mulan’.  However, there is something different compared to all the other Disney’s movies.

Director Niki Caro has decided to take on a different approach of this classic story of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to battle northern invaders in China.

What is ‘’Mulan’’ without the fighting and stunts? With the latest version of ‘’Mulan’’, the martial art battles, the horse stunts and the thrilling actions has certainly not been missed out! Of course, with all the veteran and familiar casts, Liu Yi Fei, Donnie Yen and Tzi Ma.

Liu Yi Fei has certainly proved that not only she is a singer but she is an amazing actress. She portrayed the male personality very wonderful. She was willing to stand up and fight, despite knowing death will be the punishment for false identity.

The backbone of the Mulan story was there, however the movie has lost its original essence of a young woman earning victory because of her strength and ability. In the movie, Mulan had the ‘chi’, which is the mystical energy and power that she has in herself. It displayed through the parkour and flipping in the air, together with the phoenix she has in her.

Disney has also changed its usual musical theme, where there was no singing at all in ‘’Mulan’’. The ‘Reflection’ soundtrack was not played in the movie which is a disappointment. What is ‘’Mulan’’ without the Reflection music? It is almost like both comes hand in hand.

Disney has failed to capture the warmth and the nostalgic of this classic. However, it has beautifully portrayed the bravery and independency of a young female fighter, with the line ‘Loyal, Brave & True.’

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Movie Review

Green Book（2018）

Cast: Viggo Mortensen、Mahershala Ali 、Linda Cardellini、Sebastian Maniscalco、Dimiter D. Marinov、Von Lewis、Brian Stepanek、Joseph Cortese、Iqbal Theba、P.J. Byrne、Mike Hatton

Directors: Peter Farrelly

The film is adapted from real people.The bodyguard Tony was hired to drive for don, the world's best classical pianist. The pianists will be touring from New York. Two people with different views on skin color, background, occupation and environment, as well as their conduct and personality, will understand, change and grow up with each other during the journey, and eventually become a story of friendship across races and classes.

Before the Oscars were announced in 2019, it was said that the shooting of the green book was in line with the aesthetic style and commercial elements of the Oscar film festival. From the perspective of commodities, the success of a movie depends on the box office. Only when the film is done well will the audience pay for it and praise it. For example, "the last night of the earth" has done a lot of marketing, and has also chosen to release between December 31 and January 1 at the beginning of the year, which makes the audience have a completely different expectation from the film style. However, within three days of its release, it was scolded.

The green book doesn't. The roles of the two are extremely successful through various subtle expressions and details. The characters' gestures, gestures and even micro expressions are extremely in place. At the same time, we can also feel the plot and background of the film which is worth thinking deeply. Even the casual group performances are impressive. For example, when they stopped in the field to repair a car, a group of working black people were surprised to see the white people working for the black people, which showed from the side how deeply rooted the social class and discrimination against the black people at that time; when Tony left with Shirley because of discrimination in the restaurant, the black waiter's face flashed a smile; finally, Tony's family saw the surprised silence A moment later, there was no hesitation in accepting and welcoming, which made people feel warm and beautiful, and made people feel that all experiences had profound significance, because the world was so worthwhile. Nevertheless, we are well aware that this is only a story about them, and the social discrimination and class solidification projected in that era still exist.

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Let's Joy Café @ Puchong Jaya
G-7, Kompleks Kenari, Jalan Kenari 19a, Bandar Puchong Jaya, 47100 Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia

Ratings: 4 stars

The best place for a dining experience. A café that looks ordinary at first sight, turns out to be my favourite go-to place for dinner. Satisfied my cravings at Let’s Joy Café, offering a wide range of foods, beverages and snacks at a tremendously reasonable price. From appetizers, main courses, to desserts, I’m spoilt by the variety of choices. Moreover, Let’s Joy Café serves local cuisines from Taiwan, such as the traditional Braised Pork Rice, Taiwanese Fried Chicken and also Boba Tea. Not to mention Western, Japanese, Chinese style cordon bleus. The meals are extremely delicious so it's definitely worth a try.

Responsible management by the café during the pandemic. Limited customers are allowed for in-door dining, take-aways are recommended. Standard Operating Procedure are strictly followed, this lets us gourmets to satiate ourselves safely.

Ambience: Warm and cozy atmosphere. Interior decoration with a vibrant colour scheme makes the café vigorous. Comfortable seats and an air-conditioned environment made the dining experience better. Furthermore, Let’s Joy Café is located beside a huge carpark, so worries about parking slots are unnecessary.

Service: The staff are helpful, friendly and passionate. Not only, they are knowledgeable for the details of the café and are always being patient with the customers.

If you are unfamiliar with Let’s Joy Café, make sure to give it a try, I promise that it won’t disappoint you.

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Video game review

Moonlighter by Digital Sun

Inspired by Recettear, Moonlighter is the unlikely intersection between rogue-lite dungeon crawler and shop simulation.  You play as Will, the protagonist and owner of the Moonlighter. He would tend to his shop selling goods to customers by day, and would explore the town’s procedurally generated dungeons by night. What I love about the game is that it intertwines aspects from both the dungeon crawler and shop simulation perfectly, and the one thing that holds everything together would the Moonlighter’s inventory management.

With limited space in your bag, the you must constantly choose which items are deemed more valuable than the other, whether the loot is worth a ton of coins or that it is a needed crafting recipe for weapons and amour. This idea is further incentivised as the player only keeps the 5 items that are in the top row of their inventory grid when they are defeated in the dungeon. Fortunately, you can choose to leave the dungeon anytime with all the loot that you have using a magic medallion which does cost coins every time you use it.

As you return to your shop, a different side of the game emerges. After a long expedition, exploring the several dungeons that you will eventually unlock, you can display the spoils of war in your shop as a merchant. In this side of the story, the player will tend to the shop, determining the different price points of each item, making sure that thieves do not steal your precious treasures, and accepting personal requests from certain customers. After that, you can use your coins to expand the Moonlighter, help the town, and better equip yourself for the next dungeon.

With an addicting gameplay loop of dungeon crawling and shop simulation, beautiful pixel art, and a memorable soundtrack that echoes the themes of the different dungeons perfectly, this is a perfect game for fans from both the rouge-lite and simulator genre.

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Name: Soffea I'llya
Student ID: 0334606
Topic reviewed: St Regis Afternoon Tea Set
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I believe my afternoon tea experience with St Regis is one of the tastiest. And my reasonings will be a delight for those who are itching to sample a good afternoon tea set.

The exclusive tea line-up from TWG complements well with the afternoon tea set where you can either choose lightly flavoured tea such as chamomile, a collection of Chinese tea such as Pu-erh that is perfect to calm you down or the classic black tea, which have various interesting flavours such as the garden rose tea for you to try if you are feeling adventurous enough. The set consists of the dessert tier and the savoury tier.

We will start with the sweet tier first. The Pink Drink, which is a dessert made out of rhubarb & strawberry jam, berry mousse, and milk foam tastes exquisitely refreshing and pairs well with the 64% Manjari chocolate parfait with hazelnut praline and gianduja cream, which is a bit overwhelming for me without The Pink Drink. Nestled in between the two desserts, the mini pavlova leaves a pleasant fruity aftertaste and an even longer impression, while the matcha profiterole was quite invigoratingly delightful without the bitter taste of the pure matcha. The most surprising of all was the cherry & mascarpone dome with almond dacquoise which I would describe as an explosion of flavours that melts in your mouth. The bittersweet of the cherry, the sourness of the compote jam and the faint saltiness of the mascarpone create a powerful set of flavours that complements well with each other.

As for canapes, everything was perfect. We were served with egg & truffle sandwiches where the freshness of the truffles can be tasted strongly due to its pungent flavour, coupled with a deep musky aroma. Meanwhile, the crab meat crostini tasted sweet and juicy as the crab was a fresh catch from the sea whereas the smoked salmon with cream cheese and caviar crostini had this umami flavour bomb as a result of pairing caviar and salmon together with the cream cheese as a tool for enhancing the flavours. Lastly, the chicken floss with cream crostini was extremely fluffy compared to any savoury floss I've had, while the taste of the chicken does not dissipate at all. And if I haven't mentioned yet, this savoury tier is refillable numerous times so you may enjoy them to your heart's content.

My only complaints are the fact that the table was not appropriate for afternoon tea as it was too high that it made me uncomfortable. Meanwhile, the drawing-room lacked a suitable view even though they tried to make it up with cluttered art pieces and sculptures which is quite displeasing especially since those who spend money to enjoy afternoon tea usually wish to wind down and relax. And the most important of all,  the scones are of minuscule in terms of size compared to your average scones. The scones, which are supposed to be the most important components of an afternoon tea set, has a disappointingly dry and crumbly in terms of texture which is unacceptable for a proper scone.

Overall, I highly suggest for afternoon tea enthusiasts to try the set by St Regis. For a refillable dining concept, this is worth it to its core. I will give this establishment a 7/10.

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Food review
Mama Kim | Wellness Kitchen
Lot 140679, Jalan Jasmin 3/KS6, Bandar Botanic, 41200 Klang Selangor.
Opening hours: 9:00am-10:00pm(closed)
Rating: 4 stars

Intro: Having a healthy and delicious meal at Mama Kim, Bandar Botanic Klang.

From 30th July 2020 onwards, Mama Kim is having a new opening branch at Bandar Botanic Klang. The most popular dish is Shimmered Sauna Mee.

Mama Kim is a restaurant using healthy ingredients and methods of cook to let people have a balance diet. Their concepts are balance of five colors, no 3 whites which are sugar, rice and flour, 80:20 Food Ratio, ingredient cleansing via ocean mineral sea salt to make a healthy meal.

The food of this restaurant is biased towards chinese cuisine food. Yet, the restaurant having different types of menus including alacarte, family set menu, kids menu, western food but featuring in five menus which are Shimmered Sauna Mee, Boiled Black Porridge, Baked Cheesy Rice, Steamed Rice and Pumpkin Fried Rice. Shimmered Sauna Mee is the most popular ordered dish which is a combination of fresh vegetables, butterfish and having a choice between brown rice, pumpkin noodles or mushroom rice noodles, simmered in a deliciously nourishing broth.

The food is delicious without feeling greasy. It might be a bit crowded during the weekends so need to queue and wait for dining but the speed of serving dishes is quite fast.

Ambience: Pleasant, cozy ambience. It's a relaxing place for dining in with having some plants on the surroundings.

Prices: Reasonable and affordable for everyone

Services: The restaurant is having good services. The staffs are friendly and kind, they are familiar with the menu and having good introducing.

Best Dishes: Shimmered Sauna Mee, Cheesy Baked Rice With Mushrooms, Black Porridge, Steamed Rice With Chili, Pumpkin Fried Rice

Best Table: Corner of the restaurant, could see the outside surroundings when dining and still in the restaurant with the cozy air-conditioning.

Details: pork free but non Halal, includes vegetarian menu

Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price considered in relation to quality.

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Nurin Razmyn (0340888)

KOTAK Plus SS15
10, Jalan SS 15/8b, Ss 15, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Indonesian restaurant Kotak has gained much attention ever since its opening late last year in the infamous student spot of SS15. Just between Gold Chili and 7 Barber Shop it's gained a reputation for it's heavily chilified Ayam Geprek and its many variations of the dish.

The first time trying it, I had ordered the butter milk chicken whereas my friends opted to try the ayam geprek. I was hesitant to try the ayam geprek as I'm not a fan of sambal. The buttermilk was fairly good, nothing like Gold Chili's. My favourite thing about the restaurant is how they use only chicken breast because I also only eat chicken breast. Such a nice addition as often restaurants mostly use chicken thigh.

When I finally tried the ayam geprek, I fell in love. Not only is the pricing affordable, but the taste is truly nothing I've ever experienced before. It creates this spice that engulfs your body into flames, yet it keeps you wanting more and more. The sambal is to die fore, the crispy chicken breast is unimaginable and all in all such a delightful dish.

Ambience: Good and clean space, with minimal yet striking art.

Service: I'd consider it a self-serve restaurant as you simply pay and pick up at the counter. The staff are usually friendly taking orders and refilling drinks.

Price Range: Roughly around RM20-25 for a meal; including drinks.

Details: Halal, Indonesian.

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TITANIC（1997）

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Gloria Stewart, Casey Bates

Director：James Cameron

Titanic is a classic disaster love film produced by 20th Century Fox Pictures and Paramount Pictures, produced, directed and compiled by James Cameron. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet starred.the film tells the story of Jack, a poor painter with nothing, and Ruth, a rich girl who is dissatisfied with being bound by upper-class society. a cross-class love story unaffected by secular prejudice.

On April 10, 1912, the luxury liner, endowed with the name of unsinkable, sailed from Southampton, England to New York, USA. Five minutes before sailing, Jack gambled by the dock to win a third-class ticket for the Titanic. Rose is a noble girl, entered the luxurious first class with her fiance and mother. But Rose is tired of all this. She doesn't like her fiance, much less does she want to be bound by the hypocrisy of upper-class life. So at a dinner party she broke down and ran to the stern and tried to jump into the sea to commit suicide. Nearby Jack finds Rose and saves her while talking to Rose. The two met and soon fell in love with each other. On a calm night on April 14, the Titanic was too big to dodge and accidentally hit an iceberg floating on the sea. The Titanic with more than 2000 people on board slowly sank into the Atlantic Ocean. Rose gave up two chances to escape in a lifeboat and chose to be with Jack. Then they fell into the sea as the hull sank. In the end, Jack chose to leave the chance of survival to Rose. Himself sank to the bottom of the Atlantic forever.

In April 1912, a so-called "unsinkable" ship lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, and it is often mentioned today. Although the love story between Jack and Rose is fictional. But there are also many people stubbornly believe in this love story. I believe there is such a simple and beautiful love across class and fetters in the world.From the world-famous director James Cameron, who is also known as "movie Mad man". He directed Titanic, which created Hollywood box office legend. The film was released in the United States on December 19, 1997. It is still a classic that cannot be surpassed and copied

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Anne Elizabeth The Deli Restaurant

1, Jalan Manis 4 Taman Segar, Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur.

Business Hours: Saturday – Thursday, 12pm – 11pm

Nearest MRT: Taman Mutiara
Rating: 4/5 Stars

Anne Elizabeth is a deli-restaurant in Taman Segar, Cheras which offers Iberico ribs, pork steaks, Wagyu steaks and more. This deli-restaurant helmed by husband and wife team Jacob & Sandra is worth a visit for carnivores. Make your selection from a broad variety of meat and seafood that is on display, then have the kitchen cook a protein-packed meal for you.

The concept is simple - get a table, head over the meat counter, select your meat/cuts as well as any sides/salads/soups and your food will be served to your table once it is ready. The staff here are friendly and can offer assistance if you need some help choosing your meat, from the range of sausages, pork, beef and fish.

There is a saying that the chefs in Anne Elizabeth are on par as MasterChef Michelin standards in terms of taste and marination. With the motto, “You Choose, You Pair, We Cook, We Serve!”, it carries a remarkable meaning on their backs to allow customers having the ability to fully customize their meal anyway they would like. Other than food, the beverages are a pair with the food provided as they have wines and several alcoholic drinks to compliment the food as well.

The food has high quality standards. However, just a small dissatisfaction for the pork rib, I tend to find the proportions of fats are higher than the meat. Therefore, the rib may be oiler than usual and also the portion is slightly on the smaller side but in overall, the food is outstandingly amazing. Spaghetti and sausages are well cooked despite the fact that they have different varieties of food to be picked from. Not to mention the marinated garlic are also one of the side dishes that are highly recommended which is available for unlimited refilling. Would definitely come again next time. It is highly advisable to reserve your table before heading towards the restaurant to avoid queuing with the crowd. Call +6016-3766180 for any enquiries or reservations.

Ambience: Warm ambience, pleasant and cozy environment.

Price: Slightly pricey but it is definitely worth coming for. As we would say, “you pay what you get”.

Service: Staffs are extremely helpful and friendly by putting a smile on their faces. Even during busy hours, they would try their very best to serve every customer with all of their hearts.

Best Dishes: Aglio Olio Spaghetti, Sakura Pork Belly, Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed with Bacon & Oozing with Cheese, Australian Marbled Ribeye, Wagyu Steak, Tomato Soup, Passion Fruit Salad.

Details: Non-Halal

Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price taken into account in relation to quality.

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Book Review
In Order To Live (2015) by Park Yeonmi

From the dreams of a young girl living in North Korea to the spine-chilling incidents that her family had to take while trying to pursue a life outside of what they deemed a hell hole. "In Order To Live" is a life-changing story written by a human rights activist, Park Yeonmi. This book caught my eye not because of its beautiful cover or it's simple title, but rather the small, short line that comes after: "A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom," that peaks the public's interest. I sat on the edge of my seat as I read how Park reveals the struggles she faced in North Korea It makes your blood boil, as if it were a fictional blockbuster piece of work rather than a slice of life. She fled the nation with her mother back in 2007, when she was only 13. At such a young age, she was sold to Chinese brokers with her mother just to survive, determined to never return to where she came from. She eventually made it to South Korea two years later, trying to hide what she had gone through during those 2 years. But as time passes, she realizes she must embrace her past, and fight for her present and her future. It came to her that her story might just be able to inspire others.
"I am grateful for two things," she typed, "that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea."

And so, she began writing.

A heart-aching, wrenchingly honest, inspiring work that
vividly represents the plight of many North Koreans.

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Food Review

Jibby by the Park
FF-17, The Waterfront, 5, Persiaran Residen, Desa Parkcity, 52200 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.

Opening hours: Mon-Fri; 10AM-10PM, Sat-Sun; 9AM-10PM
Rating: ***** 9/10
Price range: RM8 - RM98

Boasting high ceilings, lush green plants and natural lights, Jibby by the Park takes off greenhouse vibes that soothe your senses. With the ambients there, you won't have any problems finding the perfect background for your insta ootd.

Little did you know, Jibby by the Park is the latest additions to Serai Group, a home-grown food and beverage brand. It is a must-visit for everyone who is a fan of eateries where nature meets food.

Just as exciting as the ambients, Jibby by the Park provides plenty enticing dishes for their customers. From tasty breakfast like Jibby Big Breakfast and mouth watering mains like Australian Beef Sticky Ribs to local flavours like Ayam Bakar Madu. Even if you are not here for a full on meal, you can also try their side & bites such as Fried Oyster Taco, Corn with Chipotle and Crab Meat Egg drop chilli sauce. Diners will be spoilt for the choice and range of dishes like breakfast, salas, side dishes, burgers & buns, mains, pasta, local flavours, pizza, dessert, beverages and mocktails.

With great food, a comfortable atmosphere and a vibe that makes you feel like you're on a holiday in different country, it's time to bring your family, friends and camera for a date at Jibby by the Park.

Service: The staff are attentive, helpful and courteous. They are well-trained and knowledgeable in menu.

Best dishes: Jibby Big Breakfast, Champion Brekkie, New Yorker, Australian Beef Sticky Ribs, Squid Ink Spaghetti Aglio Olio, Ayam Bakar Madu, Rafello.

Details: Ingredients used are halal and no alcohol is served or used in food preparation.

Advice: It is recommended to visit during weekdays non-peaked hour as the restaurant is always packed with people.

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Animated movie review
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Cast

Chieko Baisho

Takuya Kimura

Akihiro Miwa

Tatsuya Gashuin,

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Howl's Moving Castle is a story about Sophie (Chieko Baisho), a 18-year-old girl who had a mysterious encounter with a wizard named Howl (Takuya Kimura), who was rumored that he eats human's heart to live. Their encounter caused the evil Witch of the Waste (Akihiro Miwa) to lay a curse and transform Sophie into a 90-year-old woman. Sophie couldn't seek for help due to the curse's effect. Therefore, she decides leave her hometown and break the curse.

I watched this film when I was a high schooler. This was the first animated movie that gave me positivity and courage. Sophie knew that it is impossible to seek for help from friends and family, but it did not stop her from going beyond the boundaries, leaving her hometown, and encountering with evil people. While she is working as the moving castle's cleaning lady, she did not allow her 90-year-old appearance to restrict herself from giving care, attention, and falling in love with Howl.

It is amazing that every character was created with unique traits. For an example, Howl is a stunning man that every girl will fall for. However, he's a coward deep inside who is afraid to fight in the war. After his encounter with Sophie, he started to realize that there is something that he really want to protect. Therefore, he decides to fight in the war again.

Hayao Miyazaki successfully created amazing movies that captured people's heart. Every single work was created with passion, not just for entertainment but to educate. His other works such as Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, ect. was created years ago, but people still love and support his works. That is how Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki remain well known in this era.

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Restaurant review

The Farm Food Craft
Unit G-1 & G-2, Level Ground, The Sphere, Bangsar South City, 59200 Kuala Lumpur.
No.1, Avenue 1 Bangsar South City,
No. 8, Jalan Kerinchi, 59200 Kuala Lumpur.
Business Hours: Opens Daily from 10.30am-10pm.
Tel: 03-2242-0964
Rating: ***** 9/10

Introduction: Tucked inside The Sphere, Bangsar South. Flourishing with its own fruit plants, vegetables and herbs throughout a beautifully breathtaking space. The Farm Food Craft is as much as an Eden as an eatery, which is a farm to plate dining concept that embraces healthy living and fresh ingredients.

Entering this restaurant offers an exuberantly interactive experience, with a road labeled The Grove lined partially with passion fruit vines and okra. The flora thrives all over, with dozens of plants still in their early stages of development, grown carefully by the crew here.

Coming to menu, it is served with  periodic, changing every three months at least. They serve delicious dishes made of freshly grown ingredients from their own urban farming lab. Ingredients are sourced from local farmers and practicing the farm-to-table concept. Their support for local farmers and food producers is already evident currently-belacan and gula Melaka are sourced from Malacca, Bentong ginger, and Perlis mangoes, with local suppliers also determinedly supplying meat and seafood.

I have visited this restaurant a few time when hanging out with my friends. Little do you know? And while The Farm's food is new and nutrition-fueled, you will always find a few guilty indulgences like Curry Beef Lasagna, rich and robust with minced beef, potatoes and onions, with crisp wantan skin contrasting with the tender, house-made pasta sheets of lasagna-our most satisfying lasagna in a long time, matched with a zesty garden salad for the best recommendations. Slurp, slurp.

Ambience: Good environment surrounding with a lot of flowers and plants. You may smell the fragrance of flowers when you are dining there too.

Service: The staff are friendly, humble and kind.

Price: The price is a bit higher than normal standard price of restaurant.

Note: Ingredient used are PORK FREE, non alcohol served

Best recommendations:
Curry Beef Lasagne, Asam Boy Smoothies, Mushroom Pan Mee,
Soft Shell Crab Brioche, Nasi Kerabu

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TV Series Review

Strangers From Hell (2019)

Cast: Im Si Wan, Lee Dong Wook, Lee Jeong Eun and Ahn Eun Jin.

Director: Lee Chang Hee

Studio: OCN

Lee Chang Hee is still a rookie director in the industry. He directed his first feature length film in 2018 which managed to stay afloat in the Korean box office for 3 weeks despite not having powerhouse distributors such as CJ E&M backing the movie up. Lee has directed 2 projects in total, Strangers in Hell, being his first ever tv series in the Korean industry.

Yoon Jong-Woo (Im Si Wan) is a man in his 20's. He has lived in a small town for all of his life, but he gets a job at a small office in Seoul. Yoon Jong Woo then moves out to Seoul and stays at a cheap apartment complex which shares its kitchen and bathroom with other residents. He doesn't like staying at the apartment and he doesn't like the other residents who seem weird and suspicious.

This 10 episode psychological thriller is based on a Webtoon created by Kim Yongki which originally has 89 chapters in total. The first episode starts off with a little peek into the ending, we see Yoon Jong Woo (Im Si Wan) fighting off someone and being dragged down the hallways of the residence he currently occupies covered in blood and bruises as he states “ This place is hell. A horrendous hell created by strangers.” which relates to the title of the drama series itself.

The storyline then traces Jong Woo’s slow but sure descent into paranoia, uncontrollable rage, and madness, as he uncovers the true intentions of the residence, while also attempting to provide an answer to the age-old dilemma of whether monsters are born or created?

For people who are an avid fan of thriller and psycho related dramas, this one is definitely for you. With very little to no romance and no lighthearted moments, only the most horrifying and spine chilling scenes are available just for you.

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TV Series Review
Alexa & Katie (2018-2020)
Genre: America sitcom

Cast: Paris Berelc, Isabel May, Tiffani Thiessen, Jolie Jenkins, Eddie Shin, Finn Carr, Emery Kelly.

Program Creator: Heather Wordham

A Netflix original series, debuted on March 23, 2018 and ran for three seasons. The series starts Paris Berelc and Isabel May as Alexa and Katie, a high schooler suffering from cancer and her best friend, respectively.

High school is hard for all students, but it's even more difficult for somebody who is dealing with personal challenges that most teens don't. That is the case for Alexa, who is undergoing cancer treatment while trying to adjust to high school. She maintains her outgoing personality and enthusiasm for life despite her health issues, thanks in part to loyal best friend Katie remaining by her side through it all. Whether they're at school, home or the hospital, the girls are always by each other's side through thick and thin. Also part of Alexa's life is determined and protective mother Lori.

With the show now in its fourth season (released, as happens with Netflix, in one big mass), Alexa’s cancer is in remission, and things are a bit more normal now. But normal, in this sitcom, is a relative descriptor.

Alexa’s family—her high-strung mom, harried dad and hair-obsessed older brother, Lucas—are hardly the picture of normalcy even under the most normal circumstances. But cancer, like the worst of houseguests, leaves quite the mess. And even though Alexa is free of it for now, her family is understandably nervous that it just might show up again. Then there’s Katie, who’s hardly a picture of stability herself. The accident-prone teen always seems to have the best of intentions, but those intentions can lead to the worst of outcomes. Her single mom, Jennifer, tries to help when she can, but … well, single mothers are pretty harried, too. And little brother Jack is always good for a little trouble.

But now that the girls are in their senior year (something they weren’t sure they would have together given Alexa’s illness), they’re ready to finally start moving forward with their lives. That means pulling senior pranks, attending prom and potentially going to different colleges.

OFFICIAL SITE:
https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/alexa-and-katie/

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Song Review
Eight (2020)
Single by IU featuring Suga

When I first heard this song, I was deeply attracted to the song's melody. There is a feeling of wanting to take a skateboard or go for a drive, after listening, and it feels full of summer. I feel cheerful all over with IU's unique voice and SUGA’s rap.

After listening to this song several times, I started to look up the translation of the lyrics of this song. After understanding the meaning of the lyrics, I was surprised to find that such a brisk melody is matched with slightly sad lyrics.

Because they are both twenty-eight years old, the song is called eight, and this year they lost two young and precious friends, Gu Ha Ra and Sulli. This makes them feel infinite impotence. At the same time, you will see infinity when you rotate the number eight, which represents this infinite powerlessness.

The first sentence of the lyrics "So are you happy now? Finally happy now are you?" can be understood as she is greeting her friends and miss them.

In the MV, two representative objects and animals are also used to pay tribute to their friends, namely Sulli with the nickname Peach and Gu Ha Ra with the lizard. In the lyrics, "Forever young" represents blessing and missing their friends, because their friends have stayed in the best moments forever. one of the lyrics "If this is a nightmare, I hope I never wake up!" The two lyricists, IU and SUGA, are so delicate in their minds. Although there is no simile to represent the object of the song, they are hidden in them to miss the dead and remember them

The cooperation between the two is really good and the combination is perfect. It is more like a song written to themselves than a song written to us.

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Movie Review
MULAN
The Mulan 2020  movie  was personally one of my favorite movies of the year, this is because it had powerful display of characters and more rarely I felt like I was part of that movie. This movie was simple about a girl who wanted to bring honor to her family. And her being a girl it was quite difficult for  her because she wanted something more then just getting married and bring honor to family through marriage. And that sparked something big and was being a warrior. So basically the is centered round her going to war for China in replacement of her father because her father was old and had an injurie. Her bravely made China win the war.

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Book Review
The Best of Me (2011) by Nicholas Sparks

Genre: Fiction, Romance novel
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

As a hopeless romantic, I've read quite a number of romance novels since my high school days. This was the first book that I personally picked off the shelf in a bookstore, therefore, it holds a special place in my heart. This was the first book I read by Sparks, and was also the book that made me love reading romance novels. His description of the scenes allowed me to have a vivid image in my mind, and the plot and character development were really well thought out. I truly enjoyed reading this novel, even though it was an emotional roller coaster ride.

For those who love romance novels or want your heartstrings pulled, this would be a good read. The plot is your typical romance story between 2 teenagers from very different backgrounds, and because society deems them unsuitable for each other, they are bound to face troubles that would eventually force them apart. After years apart, their path crossed when their beloved mentor passed away and found themselves entangled in a much familiar love affair. With Sparks’ ability to beautifully write the story between Dawson and Amanda, it makes it hard not to fall in love with each character as each chapter passes. But were they able to go against all odds and finally be together?

When I read this novel, it made me realize that many in this world truly loved each other but yet because of how society deems them "unsuitable" for each other and would be forced apart. Sparks' novels are mostly your typical cliché storyline, but his way of writing keeps you on your feet and makes you unable to put down his novels. This novel also made me see that true love is everlasting and isn't selfish because they would sacrifice their own happiness for those they love. However, this novel may cause young people to expect their significant other to love them the way Dawson loves Amanda. Although everlasting love is sweet and cute, but I believe everyone has their own way of loving and we should not expect our partners to be like the fictional characters we read.

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TV series Review
Friends (1994-2004)

Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer

Directors: Gary Halvorson, Kevin Bright, Michael Lembeck, etc.

Friends is a TV series about these 6 friends that lives in New York city experiencing new things in their lives over the course of 10 years. This show contains, comedy that you can laugh and enjoy, drama, romance and friendship. It shows how lives can be tough on someone and shows how they can overcome it.

This show went as far back as 1994 where the 1st season was aired and it lasted for 10 years until 2004 where the last season was aired, season 10. Within each season there are about 24 episodes, 30 minutes long for each episode.

Friends was known to be a classic sit-com that aired in the 90’s until the early 2000’s. A lot of the other sit-coms had similar structure as Friends and some even took the series as a reference. There are reviews floating online saying that How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014) had a similar concept as Friends. This shows that Friends had a huge impact on the sit-com market. Some movies or TV series even used Friends’ jokes or name as part of their joke in the movie/series and Friends’ fans loved it whenever they use their jokes.

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Andrei Rublev(1966)

Cast: Anatoly Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Sergeyev, Nikolai Burlyayev and Tarkovsky's wife Irma Raush. Savva Yamshchikov.

Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Russian filmmaker, theatre director, writer, and film theorist. He is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential directors in the history of Russian and world cinema. Andrei Rublev is a 1966 Soviet biographical historical drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and co-written with Andrei Konchalovsky. The film was remade and re-edited from the 1966 film titled The Passion According to Andrei by Tarkovsky. The film is loosely based on the life of Andrei Rublev, a 15th-century Russian painter who was an icon.

With the 15th century painter Andrei Lublyov as the main line, using him as the clue, describes the long history of Russia's internal and external troubles at that time. Andre picked up and put down his paintbrush several times under the influence of people being oppressed, slaughtered, and then standing up again. There are many grand vistas and long shots in the film, which fully reflects the director's profound national complex. At the end of the movie, the scene where the clock is made is quite shocking. The film reflects and discusses social reality and religious beliefs with the creation and thinking of the artist. The oppression and revolt of the people, the slaughter and re-emergence of the people, artistic creation has experienced the baptism of the soul of pain and struggle.

Andrei Lublyov is arguably Tarkovsky's most difficult film to understand after Stealth. The confusion comes down to what I think is religious and cultural. Russia's millennia-old Orthodox culture has infiltrated into the depths of the land. From the perspective of the Orthodox Church, many of the metaphors (not even "hidden") in the film are actually quite obvious, but for people in other countries with cultural and religious barriers, it is likely to be confusing. But as Tarkovsky himself said, "The artist's true moral ideals can only be expressed through a solid description of the era in which he lived." This movie seeks to depict a realistic portrait of medieval Russia. Tarkovsky sought to create a film that shows the artist as "a world-historic figure" and "Christianity as an axiom of Russia's historical identity".

This movie is a classic movie that everyone should see, not only because of the story he describes and what the director wants to say behind the story.
What's more, the director's grasp of the camera language is also amazing. The description of many grand scenes in the film is very wonderful, which is a very good film!

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Joshua Mangaruji Rinaldi Panjaitan (0340865)

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Joshua Mangaruji Rinaldi Panjaitan (0340865)

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Movie Review

Cast :

Adam Scott.

Nick Offerman.

Sarah Silverman.

Adam Horovitz.

Rosie Perez.

ASAP Rocky.

Paul Scheer.

Director :

Donick Cary

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics is a documentary showcasing comedy storeys by writers, comedians and musicians from a list of artists. Star-studied reproductions and trippy animations carry to life their surreal experiences. Get a pleasant trip blends humour with a detailed study in psychedelics to investigate the positives, pitfalls, science , history, the future, pop culture with celestial possibilities in hallucinogens. The film discusses the main issues: Will Psychedelics play a powerful part in the treatment of trauma, dependency and our own deaths? Are we all made from the same thing? Is love what we ever need? Will trees speak?

The portrayal and general perception of psychedelics has long been one of distrust and distaste, with a very naive conviction that they have no good effects on humans, and that they can just split their minds into anarchy. This documentary tries to find a way to try to reconcile the core message that more investigation into the impact of titular medicines on the human mind is necessary but at the same time advising people that you do not want to first dive into the pool and the reconcile works for the most part.

The scientific side of things is never evolved sufficiently to make it sound as though it is a true fundamental immersion in psychedelics; rather, it denies certain slight, official terminology without getting far enough in terms of study statistics or experiments that clarify the beneficial facets of medicine, like the professor of psychiatry and bio-behavioral sciences. This lack of a further move stops the documentary from getting the same feeling of a well researched affair and more than knowledgeable discussions with these celebrities.  A good ride is a humorous plunge into the psychedelic universe. fans of actors did not know that they had dealt with modifying drugs, and that it gave a decent glimpse into the positive benefits they got, but that they might have loved jumping into the empirical existence of it. I guaranteed you if you never do LSD just watch this documentary film and you can felt how LSD worked.

OFFICIAL SITE :
https://www.netflix.com/watch/80231917?trackId=14277281&tctx=-97%2C-97%2C%2C%2C%2C

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Movie Review
Enola Holmes (2020)

Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Louis Partridge, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Helena Bonham Carter, Fiona Shaw, Susie Wokoma

Director : Harry Bradbeer

At only 16, we all know Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven from the popular TV show “Stranger Things” but this young British actress with so much talent took on a different role in following Harry Bradbeer’s directing in the new Netflix film “Enola Holmes”.

Sherlock Holmes’ younger headstronged sister Enola Holmes, was never in any of the original stories or novels written about Holmes. Enola was created by novelist Nancy Springer back in 2006.

The movie starts off displaying the beautiful bond between a mother and her daughter (Enola) that formed after her dad passed and her brothers leaving for work. Her mother has always put an emphasis on how Enola spelled backwards is alonE and reassuring Enola that she should never be afraid of being alone. But once her mother went missing, Enola sets off on her own adventure with a small encounter of a young lord using her super-sleuthing ways to outsmart her famous detective brother and her strict disciplining brother in order to find her mother and along the way unravels the dangerous truth behind the young lord’s family. During this journey she managed to always learn more about her true self.

From my point of view, it was really refreshing to watch Millie act as her true British native and not as an American as she normally portrays on Stranger Things. There have been multiple Sherlock Holmes based films but none about Enola. Enola Holmes although a bit draggy with a duration of 2 hours, I still wished I had this type of film to watch when I was younger as it is not only focused on solving a mystery like a typical Sherlock Holmes film but it talks about finding out about one’s true self. It was pleasant to watch and I advise any girls getting criticised about their interests by men to watch this film and find out why you should not let the criticising get to you.

More on Enola Holmes here:
https://www.cnet.com/news/enola-holmes-on-netflix-everything-to-know-about-sherlocks-sister-by-millie-bobby-brown/

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Duan Yu (Rebecca)(0342928)                    Movie Review                 Eternal beloved (2009)

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Duan Yu (Rebecca)(0342928)                    Movie Review                 Eternal beloved (2009)

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Cast: Faye Yu, Duan Long, Lu Yao, Joane Li, Songyan Tu.

Director: Faye Yu

“Eternal beloved” is a Chinese movie in 2009 that the first movie by Faye Yu and it be adapted from novel‘Ginkgo Ginkgo’ . It took ten years from script to shoot. The story use the flashback which it start is told from this life forward. The film revolves around a ginkgo tree and tells the story of a ghost' love story. Duan Long plays the male leading role in the film changed into a spoony ghost, deep in the past fell in love with Faye Yu played the orphan girl Jiu, but because of the fire of two families, two people live and die. After Duan Long dies, become a wisp of lonely soul, below tree of a ginkgo, deep feeling waits to have reincarnated preexistence lover 50 years.

The fight scenes in the film are evenly distributed. The beginning and the end of the two large fighting scenes, can be a major highlight of the film. This film is not only beautiful picture shot, fight scenes also give people the sense of visual stimulation. When there is a fight, there must be a scene of blood. The direct and agile shooting style maximizes the audience's vision, which really tests people's sensory endurance. Some of the most important scenes in the film reach the level of "eyeful of blood".

Compare other romantic movie this movie is to use the power of calm to touch your emotional part and let you know how deep love can be.

OFFICIAL SITE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTKkciIupLs&list=PLDD87B6BF30DD5385

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FILM REVIEW: KIM JI-YOUNG, BORN 1982 (2019)

Cast: Jung Yu-Mi, Gong Yoo, Kim Mi-kyung, Gong Min-jung, Park Sung-yeon, Lee Bong-ryun

Directed by: Kim Do-young

If a novel and its film counterpart take on a tough subject can cause an online boycott, then you have shown a reality that people know is true, but only refuse to accept it. This is what happened with Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 when television scriptwriter Cho Nam-joo published her story in 2016, and again, in 2019, when it was adapted into a film. While controversy ensued, it paved way for a conversation for a long-forbidden topic about gender roles in South Korea.

Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 opens up with the titular character (Jung Yu-mi) who becomes a stay-at-home mother after giving birth and later falls into depression. The story-line then centres around how her husband Jung Dae-hyun (Gong Yoo) and their respective families reacts to it. For those who haven’t read the novel, they would easily mistake this as a film about the ugly side of motherhood. Diving deeper, it actually depicts about the gender discrimination she faces in each stage of life by strangers, co-workers and even her own family members.

The film’s plot on sexism is not heavy, easily digestible for anyone watching it. Every scene done is straightforward, simple and also heart-breaking. The emotions displayed by the actors are so raw, just proving that this is all quite real for South Korea. Feminist films normally highlight their strength to rise above the misogyny, but this film reminds us of the internal struggles a woman also experiences silently. Although the character is purposefully given a name shared by many South Korean woman born during the 1980s (just to show that this story is any Korean woman’s story), Kim Ji-young’s story is universal.

MORE ON THE FILM: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11052808/

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Web Drama Review
A-Teen (2018)

Cast: Shin Ye Eun, Lee Na Eun, Kim Soo Hyun, Kim Dong Hee, Shin Seung Ho, Ryu Eui Hyun

Director: Han Soo Ji

“A-Teen” is a Korean Web Drama that contain 24 episodes. Each episode ranging from 6 to 10 minutes on average, which means 4 hours can finish the whole series. This web drama hooks the viewer by telling the story from a different perspective of each character. Viewers tend to watch more to find out the deep and dark secrets among the characters. The story line deals with teenager problems like friends, crushes and a journey of self-discovery.

There’s two Ha Nas in the school. Do HaNa, a quiet average student. And Kim HaNa, a talkative overachiever. Even though they have different personalities, but they still manage to become best friend along with Yeo Bo Ram who have a hard time pursuing her dream to become a professional gamer. Ha Min, a boy that is quite shady in the drama. He plays with both Ha Nas feeling and don’t even like any of them. He makes most of the viewers unable to guess his intention. Next is Nam Shi Woo, a boy version of Do HaNa that likes her too. Lastly, Cha Gi Hyun, the boy version of Yeo Bo Ram and also likes Bo Ram.

The drama is relatable as they focus on the problems that teenagers struggle with. Being teenager isn’t easy to be carefree.  Each of the character have their own problem to solve. Some are similar to us, teenagers, some are being entirely different. Even though the story line of the drama is very simple, but it does reflects what a lot teenagers thinking at the age.

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Movie Review
Enola Holmes (2020)
Cast:  Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Louis Partridge, Helena Bonham Carter

Director: Harry Bradbeer

Enola Holmes is about Enola, the story of the disappearance of her mother, and her misadventures in finding her, while dodging both of her brothers and solving mysteries that come in her way in the process. The discussion of feminism was well introduced to young audiences that watched the movie and it was remarkable. The film also encompasses familial bonds, power dynamics, self-discovery in such a poetic and engaging manner, that not once did I pause the film.

This is by far the most detached Holmes-related film that I’ve ever watched with its humorous storytelling, vibrant cinematography, prodigious leads and clever fourth-wall breaking. Personally, I think that nobody can top Benedict Cumberbatch‘s performance as Sherlock, but Henry Cavill now comes a close second for me. Not only was he such an attractive portrayal of the character, he was astounding and fit into the role so well. The cast blended together and connected so well and it didn't seem something was wrong and superficial. Sam Clafin (Mycroft Holmes) and Helena Carter (Eudoria Holmes) were amazing as well, for the little screen time compared to Brown (Enola), they did a great job. Brown made for a good lead while the charming Louis Partridge was particularly brilliant and I hope to see him in more movies in the near future.

Overall, though the plot may be a little different from the Nancy Springer books, it brings this sensation of a woman discovering herself in a world that doesn't quite accept who she is in society. It was cool to see Sherlock Holmes taking place in the original setting of the late 19th century, after becoming so used to the modernity of the fantastic BBC show. To wrap up, it was a very entertaining movie to watch with decent pacing.

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Movie review: Parasite (2019)

Cast: Song Kang Ho, Lee Sun Kyun, Cho Yeo Jeong, Choi Woo Shik, Park So Dam, Jang Hye Jin, and Lee Jung Eun

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Bong Joon Ho is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter who is known for mixing in dark humor, social themes and tone shifts. His other famous works, Memories of a Murder (2003) and The Host (2006) have similar tones with Parasite, but in Okja (2017) we are able to see a different side of Director Bong’s heart wrenching screenwriting.

The movie Parasite follows the Kim household, who are living in a semi-basement studio that slowly gets themselves involved with the Park household to find out about a dark history the housekeeper that has been staying in the house for decades has kept in the bunker of their mansion. The movie sets a chilling experience for the viewers and proceeds to shift tones tremendously without any forewarning, which might spark some anxiety and surprises for those who enjoy and do not enjoy such genres.

The story slowly but surely shows the differences between both families, which is similar to the class gap that Korea has for their citizens. Although the Kim household are from a lower class, they are able to cheat their way through connections from each other after having a name for themselves in the Park family. But once both families start letting their guard down, things start going south, and the hidden dark history emerges from the bunker to become everyone’s biggest nightmare.

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TV Series Review

Why Women Kill (2019)

Genre: American dark comedy drama web tv series

Cast: Lucy Liu, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Alexandra Daddario, Sam Jaeger, Sadie Calvano, Jack Davenport, Reid Scott

Program Creator : Marc Cherry

Spanning three paralleling timelines — 1963, 1984 and 2019 — the show introduces us to three storylines involving the various owners of a tony Pasadena mansion and all their salacious problems. In the 1960s, we meet meek Beth Ann, a frowsy housewife married to cheating control-freak Rob. In the 1980s, we're introduced to Simone, an extravagant socialite who discovers her husband is gay. Finally, in 2019, we get to know slimy screenwriter Eli and his man-eating attorney wife Taylor, a modern couple in an open marriage who flirt with the idea of bringing another woman into their arrangement. The viewer is led to believe these three wives will eventually be driven to murder.

Comparing Why Women Kill to other movies, this show reveals how society issues have progressed through different generations. Besides, this show brings out different relationship issues such as betrayal, coming out and trust but it also shows how sympathetic, brave and protective the characters are. This show’s decorating set is also meticulous. Audiences may notice there are different fashion sense and decoration of places showing each era’s characteristics.

Official Site : https://www.cbs.com/shows/why-women-kill/

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Restaurant Review

Monroe, at Kloe Hotel

227, Bukit Bintang St, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.
Business hours: Daily 7am-6pm
Rating: ***** 8/10
Cuisines: Western

Style: Warm colors and floor-to-ceiling Windows give the interior a cozy atmosphere, allowing plenty of natural sunlight to enter during the day. Potted plants enrich the space, while ceramic tiles form several patterns that add character to the dining room.

Must order: Their Beef Char Siew Bowl is a signature dish, caramelized with honey after slow roasting over open charcoal, and with a fatty sweetness, this Australian beef is almost as satisfying as guangdong roast pork. Paired with soft, egg yolks and old jasmine rice sprinkled with chives, it's a great lunch choice. (RM34)

The other is tea cured salmon  and pickled onion in butter croissant with scrambled egg, which may sound like a stereotype, but every ingredient here is enhanced: smooth, tender fish marinated in lavender and Earl Grey tea for extra directional effect. (RM24)

Best dishes: Big Breakfast,Lavender Earl Grey Cured Salmon Croissant, Lamb Ragu, Beetroot Burger

Price: RM30++ per person. Call 603-27721314 to make your reservations.

Details: Ingredients used are halal is served or used in food preparation. They also offer vegetarian and gluten-free meals.

Small advice: Since there aren't many seats, it's best to make an appointment to avoid make a trip in vain.

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TV Series Review

Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom （2019）

Cast: Masaki Suda, Mayuu Yokota, Nana Mori,  Aki Moriyama, Ayumu Mochizuki, Mei Nagano, Riku Hagiwara, Hikari Tobita, Kaoru Wakabayashi, Yuki Imai, Yumena Yanai, Mayu Hotta, Fuju Kamio, Shiori Akita, Moka Kamishiraishi, Yuno Ohara, Jin Suzuki, Jiei Wakabayashi, Kenjiro Nishimoto, Rina Kawaei, Himena Tsukimiya, Tsuyoshi Furukawa, Kaito Mifune, Mikoto Hibi, Miu Tomita, Yuki Takao, Ryota Katayose, Takara Sakumoto, Mio Imada, Haruka Fukuhara, Yume Shinjo, Bengal, Seiichi Tanabe, Akane Hotta, Buffalo Goro A, Yu Kamio, Kohei Otomo, Kippei Shiina, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Kaho Tsuchimura, Kenichi Yajima

Director: Naoko Komuro, Yuma Suzuki, Itaru Mizuno

Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom is a 10-episode TV series about a teacher kidnapping his students for 10 days. Ibuki Hiiragi is an unassuming art teacher who came to the school two years ago. Ten days before his students graduate, Hiiragi gathered all his 29 students from 3A class as their homeroom teacher and told them that they are his hostage from the moment onwards. In an instant, the teacher-student relationship turns into a criminal-hostage relationship. He asked his students to find out the reason that their classmate suicide without any suicide words or last note before they graduate. Hiiragi hope that his student to think before they do every decision so that he planned this final class before their graduation.

I watched this TV series last year. The most attractive thing for me in the TV series is the suspicious and reversing plot. At first, the teacher is playing a role of a bad guy. He killed the students that didn’t obey his instruction. He will also choose a student to kill when the students gave him the wrong answer for the questions that he let the students to think about. After that, the students gradually feel that the teacher isn’t killing anyone and they try to prove their thinking. At that moment, the teacher still plays a role as a bad guy since he keeps threatening his students. Finally, the students found out that their classmates that has been “killed” by the teacher are staying in another classroom. The students start to know the aim that the teacher kidnap them and start to cooperate with the teacher while the teacher will also teach them a lesson everyday so that they can be a better person. At last, the students know that the teacher is terminally ill and they did a gathering a few years after this issue to commemorate the teacher. The reversing plot which can catch the audiences’ eyes and the good acting skills of the actors brings this TV series a very good success. This TV series will be highly recommended to viewers who like to watch brain-burning dramas, reversal dramas, crime dramas or suspense dramas.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE:

https://www.ntv.co.jp/3A10/intro/

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Movie Review

Enola Holmes (2020)

Director: Harry Bradbeer

Enola Holmes, a new Netflix mystery film is based on the first book of the “The Enola Holmes Mysteries” book series by Nancy Springer. The film is produced and stars Stranger Things actress, Millie Bobby Brown, as Enola Holmes.

Enola Holmes, first name backwards “alone”, last name common with her siblings Mycroft (played by Sam Claflin) and Sherlock Holmes (played by Henry Cavill), wakes up on her 16th Birthday and finds that her mother, Mrs. Holmes (played by Helena Bonham Carter), to have disappeared, only leaving her a box of gifts. Enola then finds herself an adventure, seeking answers as to where and who her mother really is.

An approach that I believe Millie Bobby Brown did excellently was breaking the fourth wall. By doing this, it takes away the darkness and serious tone of the usual Holmes universe, and it showcases the witty side of Enola Holmes. Enola Holmes is seen as a strong character that does not succumb to the usual women seen during the Victorian Era, therefore, it is refreshing to see a strong and unconventional woman at this time.

The film is a fast pace, fun and an easy watch, as the mysteries of the story is simple enough for an amateur. It is a different take on the Holmes franchise, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

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Movie review

Taken 2 (2012)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Jannssen, Rade Serbedzijia

Director: Olivier Megaton

Bryan Mills, ex-CIA man was heading to his ex-wife Lenore to meet his beloved daughter, Kim. Arriving at home, Lenore confessed that she was not going well with her new husband. Bryan, who is currently working as a guard, invited her to come to Turkey for sightseeing because he will take on his next job in Istanbul. He never expected that they would come, so he was surprised and delighted to see the two, Lenore and Kim, in the hotel lobby after his work. However, there were people watching this situation. It’s a man named Murad Krasniqi. This man was the big baddy of human trafficking group when Bryan’s daughter was kidnapped by them before, and Bryan killed Murad’ son at that time, so Murad decided to take revenge on Bryan and his attack was about to begin. After lunch at the bazaar, Bryan and Lenore were followed by Murad’s men and they were caught, but Bryan told his daughter secretly to run away. However, she decided not to escape and said, “this time is my turn to save my parents”. Bryan and Kim got out of the crisis by cooperating with each other, and eventually Bryan won Murad to save Lenore. Finally, they could spend time together peacefully.

I really love this movie as it reflects some meaningful problems in our world, not just displaying a story. I would like to highlight cultural problems in this movie. Sometimes it is a good way to set a bridge between different cultures, sometimes it’s very dangerous. During this movie, it shows us a real world of Turkey, especially for people who have never been to Turkey before. Sometimes, we can adjust some of our stereotypes and know different cultures by watching movie.

There is no doubt that religion is an essential part of a culture, and also can create uniqueness of a country. We know that the majority of the Turkish population is Muslim, but there are also Christian and Jewish minorities throughout the country. However, in Taken 2, most of the women who appeared in Istanbul were Muslim, and it was difficult to find the other women who didn’t dress with black headscarf chador at the same time which means that this movie showed Muslim as an uniqueness in Turkey. From this, the movie showed the uniqueness of the country, but it showed only surface culture and it might cause a different image of the country from reality.

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Tengku Ameer Ayman (0338747) Movie Review

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Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse  (2018)

Cast: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Brian Tyree Henry, Mahershala Ali, John Mulaney, Liev Schreiber, Lauren Velez, lily Tomlin, Kimiko Glenn, Chris Pine, Zoe Kravitz

Directors: Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Bob Persichetti

Peter Ramsey, an american film director who directed 2012's animated movie, Rise of the Guardians and 2009's Monster vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins alongside Rodney Rothman who directed 22 Jump Street and Bob Persichetti with 2011's Puss in Boots have now brought you this amazing animated superhero movie blockbuster, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to the big screen.

Produced by Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel and by Columbia Pictures, this academy award winner movie, tells the story of Miles Morales, a young black teenage kid, whose idol is the main superhero himself, Spider-Man. He lives with his mom and dad in New York City. His dad is a police officer named, officer Davis.

From the movie, Miles is potrayed as a creative, cool, hyped up kid who likes listening to music and making grafitti art. Further on, Miles would always hangout with his favourite Uncle Aaron after school. His uncle then brings Miles to a secret underground tunnel, where he could create some more grafitti art until suddenly, he was bitten by a radioactive spider giving him exact same powers as Peter-Parker's Spider-man.

The exact same tunnel is where he stumbles upon Spider-Man battling his nemesis, the Green Goblin.

With the huge responsibility on Miles' shoulders, he helped Peter Parker in his universe to protect the city the best he could but then got a little help from other Spider-Men from multiple dimensions as they got stuck in his universe as well. Then, the movie progressed with Miles and 5 other Spider-Men working together, fighting supervillains in an attempt to stop King Pin's plans with a lot of great humour, action, stunning visual effects and beautiful animation done by Sony Pictures Animation.

To conclude this, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a fun super-hero film with stunning visual effects, great humour for all ages, packed action, nervewrecking plot and one of the best animations I have ever seen which supports my opinion on the film deserving the academy award.

This movie would definitely be a huge spot in all Spider-Man fans' hearts as it has a unique plot with tons of cameos.

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Food Review

Papasan Canteen
No. 17-G Jalan 1/114 Kuchai Lama Business Centre, Off Jalan Kuchai Lama, Kuala Lumpur 58200 Malaysia

Opening hours: Thursdays to Tuesdays, 11 am – 3 pm, 6 pm – 10 pm. Wednesdays Closed.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner and Dessert

Offering: Organic Dishes, Vegetarian Options and Kids' Menu.

Rating: 3.5-4.2

Intro: The name of Papasan is inspired by the word Mama San and all the food. There are several rules and foods you have to know before go to their canteen-restaurant.

Price and review:
Omu Curry Rice  (RM 18) - Food above average at a very reasonable price especially for Omu Curry Rice, the picture show 5 pics of a small chicken. However, they come out with 5 big pieces of fried chicken which surprise me a lot.
Truffle Oil Olio (RM 14) - The fragrance of truffle oil plus the earthiness of the mushrooms, the Truffle Oil Olio is irresistible!
Milky LION’s Mane Mushroom Rice (MYR 20) - My mum is a vegan, so this dish is suitable for her. Hericium mushroom with celery in a creamy sauce on rice but the price is slightly on the high side for me.
Let's Fall In Love (RM 18) - Dragon fruit with banana and yoghurt serve with a erlenmeyer flask design and 4 small cups.
(There are a lot type of drink you can try it out, some are unique and look nice to try, the price is about RM8-18 depend on what you order, but still for me is the price is quite high for all drinks.)

Ambiance: Came here for dinner on a Saturday at 6.20 pm, was actually quite crowded at 6.00 pm. Seating arrangements are very tight and you might sharing tables or squeeze in between other strangers because of little space and it also hoping to narrow the distance between people in this way. Thus, they all use long table and long chair like canteen design. Make sure you’re there early because they are always full and packed. Nevertheless, I would understand that they are busy at times especially when the food are so good, tasty and LARGE.

Service: There were many of them serving the customers. The service is good and from ordering till serving only takes 10 minutes. Only need to take note don't take too long order or sit too long after you finish your meal because there are still a lot of people queueing behind you. We will have time to check up the menu when we queueing, they will give you a QR code to scan which link to their menu web page.

Rules: There are unique rules in Papasan Canteen, we can't make any reservation and we are not allowed to go in before everyone arrives. Of course, there must be some people who don't quite understand, why establish these rules that seem to make others difficult? They only open on peak hours for lunch and dinner every day, so in order for guests to not have to wait for a long time, therefor they have to create some rules, so the kitchen can operate smoothly. Don't worry about their rule. The attendants will gave helpful instructions on where is what.

Details: Halal

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Tv Series Review

Money Heist (2020)

Story: Spanish drama Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) is a heist-centric engaging drama which has left the audience on the edge of their seats with its telenovela style of storytelling. The intriguing plot which unfolds a new mystery with several twists focuses on serious social agendas of current times and keeps the audience engrossed with its dramatic execution as well.

Review: This Netflix drama mainly focuses on a group of 8 people with a red jumpsuit and Dali mask, who are led by a mysterious man, popularly known as 'The Professor' (Álvaro Morte).

After executing a successful heist at the Royal Mint of Spain, the team comes back together to rescue Rio (Miguel Herrán) from the cops. But soon things run out of control and their plan of robbing the gold from the Bank of Spain goes for a toss.

Despite winning over the audience with thrilling storylines and engaging subplots in the first three seasons of Money Heist, the fourth season continues with the narrative and seems to be dragged until the fifth episode where things finally start to pick up. This season has eight episodes too but it fails to recreate the enigma that had viewers hooked onto their screens for hours in the previous ones.

Many new characters like Cesar Gandia (Jose Manuel Poga), the governor's bodyguard, Alicia Sierra (Najwa Nimri), a pregnant cop, Palermo (Rodrigo de la Serna) and Marseille (Luka Peros) manage to steal the show with their stellar performances. Meanwhile, the fourth season overlooks a lot of characters and the subplots also seem to be in a state of disarray until the final three episodes where things start to fall into place and it regains the 🤬 that made us fall in love with Money Heist.

With the entire team still stuck inside the Bank of Spain and The Professor, who looked disorganized through the first half, everyone manages to strike the right chord by the end of the season. The fourth season has managed to maintain the intrigue, action and humour, despite falling short of weaving the magic that its previous seasons had created. But it is still worth watching as it prepares us for the final showdown, giving a glimpse of how the bond between the team which started off as a bunch of criminals has evolved over the years.

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A meal is never complete without desserts, especially when its an ice cream. An ice cream parlor that never fails to satisfy, this homegrown brand has extended its reach across the country, doling out smooth, creamy pints made in small batches. The churning started in 2013 in Bangsar, and now it's got the inside scoop on more than 70 ever-rotating flavours. You can get a scoop or two with fluffy waffles, or maybe even go lactose-free with the range of fruity sorbets.

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Movie Review
The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Jonah Hill,

Director: Martin Scorsese

The Wolf of Wall Street is about a guy named Jordan Belfort who is really ambitious and dreas of making a lot of money in his life. So he got a job
in Wall Street and that's where his adventure started. A broker firm that is hectic but makes a lot of money.

At first, I thought that this movie was about trading forex. And then when i started watching this movie, I just got really into it. Jordan
Belfort got fire from his first job at Wall Street, and then after that he went on to look for another job in a smaller broker firm, that trades
penny stocks and that he earns 50% of the commission.

And that the business model strucked him and he started his own illegal broker firm. He became the mentor of a few other men from the start
by encouraging and recommending what stocks to buy. A skilled salesman, from long story to short.

When the few men that he mentored masters the skill to sell their clients the stocks, the broker firm expands really faster and faster.
That's when they live the millionaire life.

The FBI eventually caught up with their illegal activities and then they all served their time in prison.

After watching this movie about making sales, it completely changed my perspective on being a salesman. I start to think that making sales
and closing deals are so much more interesting than it turn out to be

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Movie Review
La Vita è bella (1997)

Cast: Roberto Benign, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini ,Giustino Durano ,Horst Buchholz ,Marisa Paredes,Sergio Bustric,Amerigo Fontani,Lydia Alfonsi,Giuliana Lojodice

Directors: Roberto Benign

Roberto Benign,who wrote the screenplay with Vincenzo Cerami, was inspired by the story of Rubino Romeo Salmonì and his book In the End, I Beat Hitler, which incorporates elements of irony and black comedy.The film tells the story of a jewish father and son who are sent to a Nazi  concentration camp. The father USES his imagination to lie that they are in a game. In the end, the father lets his son's childlike innocence go unharmed, but he dies tragically.

The film is set against the background of the Killing and killing of Jews by German fascists. It tells the story of a Jew and a beautiful Italian girl who meet romantically and soon get married and give birth to a boy.My father managed a bookshop, my mother had a job as a teacher, and life was peaceful and beautiful.However, the happy time was always short, and soon the Fascists occupied their city and sent all the inhabitants to the concentration camps to do hard labor.Young children do not know that they are in such an environment, the loving father in order not to let the child's young mind with the shadow of war, they lie that they are doing a game to win points to get a real tank as a reward.In the end he sacrificed his life to protect his children.This scene is not heroic, also not too much blood, only a few gunshots "hastily" over, but the thick father's love with cover.The arrival of the Allies freed the inhabitants, and the children rode on allied tanks to find their mothers in the crowd. The children who returned to the arms of their mothers were treated as a strictly regulated game.Many years later, he would realize that it was his father who traded his life for his beautiful life.

This is a black comedy beyond the norm, a pair of best medicine to heal the wounds of war, with a warm texture.There have been many such films about the misery of life in a Jewish concentration camp during The Second World war, the most famous of which is Schindler's List.Yet Italian film artists, by nature optimistic and humorous, have unexpectedly found something new in the old material.This is definitely not a tragedy. From the very beginning, guido's funny appearance can be seen that the director wants to create an atmosphere of comedy. Benigni handled this in order not to be vulgar, to show deeper thoughts, and not to let the audience indulge in shallow touching.People who love life.Even in the concentration camp, Guido always had a smile on his face, but he was only acting for his son. No one who does not have a genuine love of life can have such a bright, joyful and powerful smile!Guido knows that the nightmare is temporary and believes that a beautiful life is forever, so he takes great care of his son's pure and young heart,

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Movie Review
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Director:Mike Flanagan
Cast:Ewan McGregor ,Kyliegh Curran,Cliff Curtis ,Rebecca Ferguson,Zahn Mcclarnon,Bruce Greenwood,Emily Alyn Lind,Robert Longstreet,Katie Parker
Review:7.4/10
Doctor Sleep is a 2019 American supernatural horror film
written and directed by Mike Flanagan. It is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Stephen King, a sequel to King's 1977 novel The Shining. The film, which also serves as a direct sequel to the film adaptation of The Shining, directed
by Stanley Kubrick, is set several decades after the events of

the original and combines elements of the 1977 novel as well. Ewan McGregor plays the lead role as Danny Torrance, a man with psychic abilities who struggles with childhood
trauma. Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, and Cliff Curtis
have supporting roles. In the film, Dan Torrance, now an
adult, must protect a young girl with similar powers from a
cult known as the True Knot, whose members prey on
children to Live immortality.

Story line In 1980, Danny Torrance and his mother Wendy live in Florida. 🤬 Hallorann, now a benevolent spirit, explains that the hotel's ghosts feed on Danny's psychic ability, his "shining". Now that the hotel has been abandoned, the starving ghosts are pursuing Danny. He teaches him to lock them in imaginary "boxes" in his mind. Meanwhile, the True Knot, a cult of psychic vampires led by Rose the Hat
, extend their lifespans by consuming "steam", a psychic essence released as they torture and kill those who have the
shining.

In 2011, Danny "Dan" has become an alcoholic to suppress his shining. After stealing money from a single mother, Dan
realizes he has hit rock bottom. He moves to a small New Hampshire town and befriends Billy Freeman, who gets him an apartment.
Billy then becomes Dan's AA sponsor; Dan becomes a hospice orderly. He uses his shining to comfort dying patients, who
nickname him "Doctor Sleep". He also begins receiving
telepathic communications from Abra Stone, a young girl
whose shining is even greater than his.

In this film i think the movie is still worthy to watch cause the story was great and the horror vibe was good but it still number 2 behind the first film The shinning 1977 .Besides the writing the acting is near perfect .Ewan Mcgregror captures the pain who almost killed by his father,Rebecca Ferguson creates a menacing advesary in thr Rose hat leader of the cult .However Kyliegh Curran makes her presence felt as Abra stone ,who morphs from an innocent outcast to ayoung girl whose powers are to be reckoned it .granted this reflective horror flick isn’t for everyone but if you enjoyed the shinning you undoubtedly find this to be worthy successor

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Movie Review

🤬: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

Cast:  Vin Diesel    Kris wu    Donnie Yen    Deepika Padukone    Nina Dobrev    Rory McCann    Tony Jaa   Ruby Rose   Hermione Corfield     Michael Bisping

Director: D.J.Caruso

"🤬: Return of Xander Cage " is the third film in the "Return of Xander Cage " series， The film tells the story of xander’s miraculous return after he is thought to have died. Under the crisis, xander recruits a team with different strengths to deal with the Mafia when the extremely dangerous villain develops the ultimate weapon that can destroy the world.

At first,When Gibson, the founder of the Triple X project, was killed, the US National Security Agency agent Ma Ke decided to bring back xander, who had been tracked by the government since his suspended animation. Xaner agreed to return in order to avenge for  Gibson, and he organised a team of four people :  Nicks， Adele，Becky, Tenisen . however, when xander team meets their opponent Xiang’ teams ，they suddenly find that things are not what they seem. It is possible that the goals of the two groups are the same, and then in order to stop the unknown  opponent they decided to work together.  Finally , they won.

In this movie, i think what attracts people is not only the exciting action scenes and blood boiling plot, but also the actors' interpretation of their roles. Although the movie is similar to the fast and the future ,it still worth watching.

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Movie Review
Coco (2017)

Cast: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, Renee Victor, Jaime Camil, Alfonso Arau, Herbert Siguenza, Gabriel Iglesias, Lombardo Boyar, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Selene Luna, Edward James Olmos, Sofía Espinosa, Carla Medina, Dyana Ortelli, Luis Valdez, Blanca Araceli, Salvador Reyes, Cheech Marin, Octavio Solis, John Ratzenberger

Director: Lee Unkrich

Coco is an American 3D computer-animated fantasy film produced by Pixar Animation Studious and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

The Rivera family, a family that has worked for generations on shoemaking business and have bans all sort of music. But despite that, 12-year-old Miguel, he secretly dreams of becoming a musician like his idol, the late Ernesto de la Cruz, a popular singer and film star.  When Miguel tries to enter a talent show for the Day of the Dead, his Abuelita destroys his guitar. Miguel then discovers something hidden in the photo of Imelda – taken with her husband and an infant Coco, her husband (whose face is ripped out) was holding the guitar famously used by Ernesto.

After learning about he is Ernesto's great-great-grandson, Miguel is emboldened to steal the musician's guitar from his mausoleum to use in the show, but in doing so, he got cursed and must return to the Land of the Living before sunrise, or he will die; to do so, he must receive a blessing from a member of his family. Imelda offers Miguel a blessing on the condition he ends his dream of becoming a musician, but Miguel refuses and resolves to seek Ernesto's blessing instead.

This movie has done an amazing job on the animations, most of the scene is filled with various kind of colours especially in some of the fast-paced scene. This movie has also shown that hardworking and determinations are needed in order to achieve your dream. Along the way, your emotion will be deeply carried by some scene and you will never get bored of the movie since it also incorporates aspects of adventuristic to spice things up even further.

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Anime Review

Beastars

Cast:
CHIKAHIRO KOBAYASHI,Sayaka Senbongi, Yuuki ono, Atsumi Tanezaki, Junya Enoki, Yuuma Uchida, Takeo Otsuka, Naoto Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Shimozuma, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Takaaki Torashima, Ikuto Kanemasa, Sakura Andou, Akio Ōtsuka, Mitsuaki Hoshino, Takaya Hashi

Director:

Shinichi Matsumi (Shin'ichi Matsumi) is a Japanese animation director and storyboard artist. He began working as a storyboard artist and assistant director on a variety of anime tv shows. Later , he went on to directing episodes of a variety of popular TV shows.He has also directed other popular shows such as Land of the Lustrous, Rage of Bahamut: Genesis, Thundercats and Daddy Long-legs.

Plot:

The series takes place in a world of new, cultured, anthropomorphized creatures with a generational division among carnivores and herbivores. The series takes its name from the in-universe rank of Beastar, a man of great talent, service and notoriety. Legoshi, a large gray wolf, is a reserved and gentle student at Cherryton Academy, where he resides in a dorm with many other carnivorous members, including his outgoing Labrador mate, Jack. As a member of the school's drama society, Legoshi serves as a stageman and assists the club's performers, led by star pupil Louis, a red deer.Out of nowhere, Tem the alpaca is brutally slaughtered and eaten in the night, setting off a flood of unease and mistrust between herbivorous and carnivorous pupils. Around the same time, Legoshi had a fateful meeting with Haru, a little dwarf rabbit who had been in love with the red deer of Louis, and started to grow complex feelings for her.

Thoughts:

My thoughts on the show is that Beastars is an anime about prejudices, self-discovery and life under idealistic totalitarian rule where carnivores and herbivores supposedly dwell in harmony, and all of this takes place in a certain school's drama club. Everyone is already acting and then they try and act some more. But how the anime was written properly portrays a lot of the scenes in the Manga . The way they wrote in Legoshi was such a fantastic job that it is my favorite character in the series as he gives me the impression that he is wholesome in a lot of aspects. Another one of my favorite characters was Louis as he resembles the opposite of Legoshi but is also the same in many ways. His character was written in such away that the viewers feel the pain he went through in his early years. The art style of the show is one of my favorite aspects as it was very colourful and eye-catching to anyone who is watching.The art style in a way you can say is like eye candy as it is very colourful and enjoyable to witness. But this show has a few cons as well.An aspect which i didn't like from the show is the lack of episodes for the first season. Usually anime have 12 episodes which this does but I would have loved to see this anime as a 24 episode per season which the Fate series is doing. But overall the whole anime is a masterpiece and I will be waiting for season 2 to come out.

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TV Show Review
Friends (1994)

Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer

Friends is an American television sitcom, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. The series revolves around 6 characters who have a close knitted friendship, almost like family. It showcases their love life, careers, personal life and what its like to live in the city. The series was nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning the Outstanding Comedy Series award in 2002 for its eighth season. The show ranked no. 21 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and no. 7 on Empire magazine's The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

It all begins when Rachel Green, bumps into high school bestfriend, Monica Geller after running away from her wedding. They eventually become roommates and the 6 of them, Rachel Green, Monica Geller, Joey Tribbiani, Phoebe Buffay, Chandler Bing and Ross Geller become inseparable. This comedy sitcom showcases their romantic adventures, career issues and the ups and downs that they face together. Along the way, there are unexpected turn of events that happens and changes each of their lives. This show not only manages to always put a smile on my face but it also always reminds me of the importance of friendship and to always be there for the people that you love despite the ups and downs. It’s just one of those shows that you will never get bored of because of how entertaining it is.

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Blade Runner 2019

Cast：Harrison Ford，Mary Sean Young，Rutger Hauer，Daryl Hannah，Edward James Olmos

Director：Ridley Scott

The story tells that in 2019, Los Angeles became a complex, sinister and sinful place. Humans have created robots that are no different from real people to work for humans, but when these robots have thoughts and feelings, they will be destroyed. Although robots are cruel by nature, they are full of longing and nostalgia for the four-year life they only have. Mankind does not allow these copies to have the right to be normal people, so they must destroy the lives that have been convicted of "wanting to become humans." Dyke is a killer who specializes in chasing and killing rebellious clones. He shoulders the heavy responsibility of chasing and killing rebellious humanoids. However, when he meets the beautiful clone Rachel, feelings develop between the two, and he begins to struggle. In the end Dyke did not kill Rachel. So the mission failed and was thrown on the earth. And Dyke knew the fact that he was also a robot.

The director is very clear that what he wants to make is not a simple entertainment film. What he wanted to talk about was the emotional brilliance and consciousness of survival evolved deeper than the creator under the cold machine skeleton. The movie amplifies the filth and chaos of the human world. Its mysterious and slow tone has always revealed the temperament of film noir.

Blade Runner is a milestone in cyberpunk movies. The ultimate performance of science fiction montage

OFFICIAL SITE
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/

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Animated Movie Review:
Weathering With You

Directors: Makoto Shinkai

Cast: Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Shun Oguri, Sei Hiraizumi, Yûki Kaji

High school freshman Hodaka Morishima leaves his home on an isolated island and moves to Tokyo, but he immediately becomes broke. Unfortunately, the big city isn’t everything he expects it to be and he quickly finds himself short on funds and struggling with urban life. Luckily, he finds work as a writer for an occult magazine that covers all things supernatural. After he starts his job, the weather has been rainy day after day. Then one day in a alley of the crowded and busy city, Hodaka meets a young girl named Hina Amano. Due to certain circumstances, Hina and her younger brother live together, but have a cheerful and sturdy life. This bright and strongwilled girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky. However, it is a common knowledge that power always comes with a hefty price.

I am not an animation fan and this is the fourth animation movie I had watched. This movie was suggested by few of my friends. I loved this movies as it speaks about teenage love that's wrapped in a bit of mysticism, certainly leans into that realm with exquisite, mind-blowing art and a story that gently reminds us of the tender, nagging ache of first love. This movie has beautifully constructed, filled with deep emotions, and endearing with its humor and heart, Weathering with You is a pure delight and a tearfully gorgeous triumph that demands several viewings.

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Movie Review
The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)

Director: Kim Eun-suk

Cast: Lee Min Ho, Kim Go Eun, Woo Do Hwan, Jung Eun Chae, Kim Kyung Nam, Lee Jung Jin, Kim Yong Ji, Kim Young Ok

How did 16 episodes go by this quickly? I literally refused to sleep until I finished all the episodes. The plot is figuratively out of this world. It follows the story of an emperor in a fictional kingdom who discovers another universe where he meets the person he has been searching for since he was young. Although the parallel universe setting wasn’t a new concept, I was still excited to see how Kim Eun-sook would put flair into it. I was not disappointed because as the story progressed, I knew I hadn’t seen anything of its kind before. They did a nice job in explaining the concept of parallel universes. I especially enjoyed their interpretation on the theory about how in a parallel universe our existence and individual paths in life could be completely different from the one we know.

The acting was amazing. It was so much fun watching the cast play and act as two contrasting characters with totally different personalities, it really showcases their duality. Having Lee Min-ho as the male lead is just an added bonus. Lee Min Ho’s portrayal of King Lee Gon/Lee Ji-hun suits him very well and he proves that his name comes with an expected powerful performance every time. On top of that, he is still one of our favorite oppas as seen in our reactions to those heart-fluttering moments and emotional scenes with his leading lady. Kim Go-eun, on the other hand, never disappoints as an actress. Here, she plays the detective Jeong Tae-eul/Luna. She’s faithful to her characters and with this project, her versatility was put into the spotlight once again. Besides, Woo Do-hwan's characters will definitely be one of my favorites, playing both the extremely stoic and protective best friend, as well as the silly, dorky, childlike cop.

Overall, I enjoyed ‘The King: Eternal Monarch’. This series did not disappoint me and if you're interested in watching science fiction, I highly recommend it. It's entertaining and worth the binge-watch.

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Movie Review

Titanic (1997)

Director: James Cameron

Cameron's "Titanic" is an epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic. The pride and joy of the White Star Line, at the time it was the largest moving object ever built. She was the most luxurious liner of her era -- the "ship of dreams" -- which ultimately carried over 1,500 people to their death in the ice-cold waters of the North Atlantic in the early hours of April 15, 1912.

Titanic is an epic love and disaster film. This film is talking about the story of Jack and Rose who are members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. In 1912 Southampton, 17-year-old first-class passenger Rose DeWitt Bukater, her fiancé Cal Hockley, and her mother Ruth board the luxurious Titanic. Ruth priorities that Rose's marriage can help to solve their family’s financial problem and help them to maintain their upper-class status. Rose was refused and climbs over the stern and contemplates suicide. Jack Dawson, a poor artist, intervenes and discourages her. Jack and Rose develop a tentative friendship, despite Cal, his valet Spicer Lovejoy, and Ruth, being wary of him.

Back in the present, Lovett decides to abandon his search after hearing Rose's story. Rose takes out the Heart of the Ocean, which was in her possession all along, and drops it into the sea over the wreck site. While she is seemingly asleep or has died in her bed, her dresser depicts a life of freedom and adventure. A young Rose reunites with Jack at Titanic's Grand Staircase, applauded by those who died on the ship.

To conclude, I enjoyed watching "Titanic". No matters how many times I watched, I still impressed and touched with the story of Jack and Rose.

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Song review

Look what you made me do

By Taylor Swift

The first time I listen to this song, I did not no its meaning at all. But after listen for several time I feel that this song is nice therefore I go and search for the meaning of this song. It is not as soft as her song before, but I did not feel any blemish of this song. Its rhythm is so unforgettable, and the lyrics are meaningful.

The lyrics was written by Taylor Swift and co-written with Jack Antonoff; this song is a counterattack from Taylor swift to those who bully her before. The lyrics “I don’t like your little games/ the role you made me play” and a few more are talking about her enemy Kanye West. The other meaning that hidden inside this song is the lyrics such as “you ask me for a place to sleep” and a few more. These were describing her ex-best friend who already betrayed her nowadays.

After knowing all this, lyrics meaning and why she wants to write this song I really feel that Taylor is kind of tough because even she faces so many things, she also no give up on her career. She uses another way to give vent to what she had faced and how she changes. After this song we know that she chooses not to avoid all the attack from others, she changes to be more tough and brave.

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Hong Kong Drama series review
Moonlight Resonance (2008)

Director: Cheung Wah-biu and Sit Ga-wah.

Cast
• Louise Lee
• Ha Yu
• Michelle Yim
• Susanna Kwan
• Moses Chan
• Linda Chung
• Raymond Lam

Once a happy family was separated because of the husband third party woman. The husband and wife owned a confectionery together known as the Moonlight Bakery. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yan-Hung forces Siu-Hor and Tai-Cho to declare divorce. Each parent gained half the custody of their kids. Tai-Cho was given three sons, while Siu-Hor gains custody over one son one daughter and, adopted daughter.
After the divorce, the husband takes on the Moonlight Bakery name and prove successful, resulting in a family asset totaling HK$1 billion. Meanwhile, the first wife struggles to make a living at the modest bakery she once owned with her husband. Every child is struggling with their own problems and complication relationship. It was full of disagreement and arguments among everyone.

I watched this drama series when I was a primary kid. It was my first family series that gave me positivity, encouragement, and excitement. The first wife knew that it is impossible to seek for help from family, but it did not stop her from going beyond the boundaries, leaving her husband and continue baking to raise her children, and encountering with evil people. While she is working as a bakery, she did not give up living happily with her father and children.

It is amazing that every character was created with unique meaning. For an example, the first wife did not hurt herself because of her husband affair but she kept giving happiness to her all her children with laughers.

This drama series successfully captured people's heart. Every single work was created with passion, not just for entertainment but to educate. For examples, being openminded, have moral values and more.

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Café One Half x ilaika

17, Jalan 20/13, Taman Paramount, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Opens daily from 8am-11pm

Rating: 9/10

Intro: This cafe is a popular cafe where young adults would like to go for cafe hopping at places where it has delicious food and drinks with an instagrammable environment.

The Cafe is located inside a multi-label store, after walking into the store, the Cafe is behind the store. Their concept is very minimalist with a touch of nature. They also have a mini shop where they sell their own candles, soaps, plants, stationeries and even clothes. Interestingly, One Half is the creation of one of Malaysia's top baristas, Mr Keith Koay and Mr Adly Azmy. Mr Koay topped the Malaysia Barista Championships in 2016 and 2018.

My friend and I ordered a chocolate chip, matcha flavoured bun and a curated seasonal kombucha drink. My friend was having a hard time choosing a drink for himself so the barista suggested whether he wants to try a new creation of a drink. As my friend doesn’t drink coffee, the barista gave him a curated type of drink. The chocolate chip was worth the price for its delicious and sweet taste with an adequate size. Their matcha flavoured bun tasted sooo good as well.

Ambience: Pleasant, cozy and minimilastic ambience. A nice place to chill with friends and have a date.

Service: The staff are very warm and helpful. They are well-trained and knowledgeable in the menu and are willing to give suggestions according to the customer’s preference.

Price: RM20+ per person including drinks. All ages are welcome to visit this cafe. Call +6014-333 4521 to make your reservations.

Best dishes: Homemade Pastries & baguette sandwiches - Sourdough breads unsalted or special sugar, Swedish Bun, Coffee.

Best table: The only cons for this cafe is the limited space given. There are only a few seats and the indoor tables can only occupy 2-3 people per table. While there is outdoor seating where there are 3 tables outside surrounding with various of plants with green wall

Details: Non-Halal

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Food Review
Nero Nero
L3 - 02, Jalan Damanlela, Damansara City Mall, Damansara Town Centre, 50490 Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Opening hours: Mon-Sun; 12PM-10PM
Rating: ***** 9/10
Price range: RM 120-400

Its awnings and wicker chairs — in a colour scheme of black in white — perfectly capture the romantic setting of an alfresco dining garden in Tuscany or Rome. Nero Nero is located at Jalan Damanlela in Damansara City Mall. Modern pieces of furniture, meanwhile, add excitement to the European-style dining space.  Stylish low-back bar stools, white marble counter tops, and a couple of pendant ceiling lights breathe life into its mix of wooden tables and chairs against checkered mosaic tiles, brick walls and archways. While a luxurious chandelier dramatically lights up the space, a classic indoor water fountain steals the spotlight, creating a calm ambience.

Nero Nero caters to a diverse crowd with a pork-free menu and flexibility to dietary requirements. The restaurant brings together all that is good about classic Italian cuisine for a cool, 21st century makeover, creating an experience elevated by uncompromising quality and service.


Bringing decades of experience from professional kitchens in hotels and luxury cruise-liners, Chef Carmine is a Napoli native at heart. Getting his start as a pizzeria dishwasher, he is fluent in warm, hearty traditional cuisine of the poor (seen in his ability to craft a delicious meal of the simplest ingredients), given a twist through his years of exposure to international cuisine.

Good taste certainly redefined here at Nero Nero, Damansara City Mall. Nero Nero serves a repertoire of traditional Italian fare such as pizza and pasta. Classic dishes such as creamy carbonara or pepperoni pizza are usually heavy with carbs, butter, or cheese. But the restaurant prepares these comforting Italian favourites in a healthier way — using less oil and butter, just the right amount of spices, the freshest ingredients, and almost zero fat.
Ambience: Cozy environment due to the European-style dining space

Service: The staff were friendly and well trained.


Price: RM120++ per person. Call 019-667 4546 to make your reservations. 

Best dishes: Salsiccia Pizza, Panzerotti, Beignets, Cioccolato Dessert Molten Lava Cake, Agnelotti.

Details: Pork-free, however, Nero Nero serves alcohol. 

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Song Review

I want to love this world (Hao Xiang Ai Zhe Ge Shi Jie A) (2019)

Singer: Hua Chen Yu

It is a Chinese pop song, which is about depression and composed for depression patients. When I first heard this song, it attracted me deeply. Not only the vocal of the singer and the melody of the song, but the most importantly is the lyrics of the song. It clearly narrates the moods and troubles of patients with depression. It focuses on the emotional temperature of modern urbanites and also advocates people to pay attention to the people who suffer from emotional problems around us.

When I heard the chorus "I think I want to leave", it completely poke my heart. I know it is exaggerated, but it’s real. Some people may not be able to realize and feel the way the depression patients feel, such as their tiredness, depressed, and sad. They always want to find someone to talk to, but all the response are same. For instance, they would just say: “You are okay, you just think too much.” Likewise, the singer also indicates that the most feared of depression patients is that people around them think that they are quite normal, but in fact they are only the person know that they can’t make it anymore. This song also demonstrates how suffering and helpless are the depression patients.

The singer, Hua Chen Yu speaks for care and love, and uses music to inspire and encourage the public to care as well as understanding the depression group well. This

song not only demonstrated the power and charm of music, and also expressed Hua Chen Yu's respect and cherishment for life. Besides, he do hope that the world can become more forgiving and is willing to accommodate more special people. It’s really an interesting and heart touching song, which I highly recommend.

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Book Review

Title: A Tale For the Time Being

Author: Ruth Ozeki

A metafictional novel written by Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being is a narrative described by two characters in two completely different time zones. A sixteen-year-old Japanese American teenager living in Tokyo who keeps a journal, and a Japanese American writer living on an island off British Columbia who finds the journal after it appears on shore a few years after the 2011 tsunami that crushed Japan.

Sixteen-year-old Nao Yasutani, living in Tokyo, encounters the agony and inconvenience of being evacuated from her home in Silicon Valley after her dad loses his employment, provoking her family's move back to Tokyo. Recognizing as an American, feeling like "a common California teenager embraced by Japanese parents," she feels distant in her new condition and thinks that it's hard to identify with the Japanese aspect of her personality. Part of this uneasiness is gained from the way that in contrast to her folks, who recognize as Japanese and communicate in the language fluidly – she just communicates in Japanese on a conversational level and has restricted information about, just as introduction to, the way of life there. Her only resort to escape the painful feeling of loneliness and her new classmates constant, aggressive bullying was to end her life by suicide. However, before she proceeds with the plan, Nao purchases a journal and decides to record the life of her great-grandmother, a Buddhist religious Nun who's lived over a century. A journal is Nao's only form of comfort.

Over the Pacific, we meet Ruth, an author living on a far off island who finds an assortment of ancient rarities washed aground in a Hello Kitty lunchbox, potentially flotsam and jetsam from the staggering 2011 tsunami. As the secret of its substance unfurls, Ruth is maneuvered into the past, into Nao's show and her obscure destiny, and forward into her own future.

A Tale for the Time Being is a splendidly innovative, bewildering story of our mutual humankind and the quest for home. It is brimming with Ozeki's unmistakable humor and profoundly draws in the connection between the author and the reader, over a significant time span, reality and fiction, history, and fantasy. This book was truly one of the greatest books that I have ever read, which explains the amount of time i have read it (which is 16). I would definitely recommend you get a copy of this novel if you see it in stores, as no encounters with regret would occur.

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TV Series Review
Resurrection (2014)

Cast: Omar Epps, Frances Fisher, Matt Craven, Devin Kalley, Mark Hildreth, Samaire Armstrong, Landon Gimenez, Kurtwood Smith, Sam Hazeldine, Nicholas Gonzalez

Director: Charles McDougall

Charles McDougall is a British Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning director who has directed for various popular television series, which include the pilot episode of ABC's Desperate Housewives and others. Resurrection is a 21-episode American fantasy drama television series divided into two seasons that directed by him based on Jason Mott’s 2013 Novel The Returned. The story follows the residents of Arcadia, Missouri, whose lives are upended when their loved ones return from the dead, unaged since their deaths.

The story all began when a resurrection starts with an 8-year-old American boy named Jacob (Landon Gimenez) who drowned 32 years earlier waking up in a rice field in rural China. Having been found alive in China, Jacob is brought back to the United States by an immigration agent named J. Martin ("Marty") Bellamy (Omar Epps), who defies orders and returns Jacob to his parents, Henry (Kurtwood Smith) and Lucille (Frances Fisher). Following by Jacob's surprise return, the father of Maggie's best friend Elaine Richards (Samaire Armstrong), becomes the second Arcadia resident to return, and he warns that there are many more to follow.

Resurrection is one typical TV dark secret that takes a while to unravel, and maybe that's good enough for most. The concept of this story is on the face of it exactly like The Returned, a French series that aired to great acclaim on the Sundance Channel in 2013. However, if without another reference point, Resurrection could find itself an audience lured into the concept since the show spreads out into everything instead of digging into how they are returning.

For those who didn’t watch The Returned before could give Resurrection a try. Through the tv series, it’s good to imagine what would we do if the people we have mourned and buried suddenly appear on our doorstep!

Official Site:
https://reelgood.com/show/resurrection-2014

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Movie Review: Joker (2019)

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy

Director: Todd Phillips

According to Todd Phillips, Joker was created from his idea to create a different, more grounded comic book film. He was attracted to the Joker because he did not think there was a definitive portrayal of the character, which he knew would provide considerable creative freedom.

It is a story of a man who just gets beat down in life and becomes the comic book villain, Joker. Joaquin Phoenix carries this entire movie on his shoulder and never buckles under the weight of that. He doesn’t buckle and he thrives under the pressure of portraying the most iconic comic book villain of all time. He is so good. I heard he researched mental illness disorder where you laugh when you are nervous. I didn’t know that and then I said something about his laughs and he is not emulating the laugh. He just uncontrollably laughs. Besides, I need to stress this, this isn’t a joker movie. I mean it is titled “Joker” but if you are going this movie because of want to see the Joker wrack someone, it is a bit more of slow burn than that you are getting a character movie. This movie should be called “Authur”. It is not an action movie and the journey of Authur it is not just like, oh he is Authur Fleck, he is just like dumpy kind of sad guy and then one day he is the Joker. He does carry himself so differently and it is so different from where he started. It is just a series of sublet changes, a series it is true evolution, it is not one big leap. “Joker” gives movie fans the ability to see what comic book fans have seen for years. This is so much more of deep dive, I will say yes, sometimes the movie is uncomfortable but that is because it feels so real. It does not feel like comic book villain.

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Movie Review
Baby Driver (2017)

Cast: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey

Director: Edgar Wright

Rifle projectiles emptied with the rhythm of the melody, burning rubber smoke coats the lining of surrounding air, a persistent hum in the drum. The movie Baby Driver encompasses these major elements to produce an uptempo, euphoric set of scenes revolving around the reality of the protagonist, Baby. Director Edgar Wright’s production pursues the genre of crime-action together with a harmonization of musical romance to fabricate the narrative of a youthful unflinching wheelman enforced to lead the life of crime.

The soundtrack was specifically curated to support actions and scenes throughout the movie, e.g. gunshots unloaded as guitar notes are strung, and characters talking in tune with specific lyrics resonating in the backdrop. The embodiment of R&B ballads made possible with Baby’s tinnitus, a constant ringing in his ears due to a childhood car-collision to which he drowns out with his signature iPod. This stands in stark contrast as the movie progresses. After Debora captivates his care and attention, Baby views that as his opportunity to elope from his unlawful customs. However, Baby is coerced by crime boss Doc to pursue another life-threatening heist. As the heist collapses, a succession of events leaves Baby in prison.

From my personal standpoint, director Edgar Wright has successfully produced a stimulating action-romance with a resonant R&B playlist to support the motion picture and provide it with it’s quick wittedness and quirky characteristics. It is evidently his finest work as of yet, and unmissable for the Wright fandom.

Official Site:
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/babydriver

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Book Review: Wonder (2012) by R.J. Palacio 
Genre: Realistic Fiction 
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Awards: -
•	Maine Student Book Award
•	Vermont's Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
•	Mark Twain Award
•	Hawaii's Nene Award
•	Junior Young Reader's Choice Award

I admit that I am not a book reader, but Wonder is one of the few books that I finish reading. I read this during my secondary school and until now I still have a clear vivid idea of what the whole book is about. The book begins with “You could say I’m just like any normal kid. I have a family, I have a computer, I have an Xbox.” Just after this very normal sentence, August “Auggie” Pullman, the main character himself says, “I can’t tell you how I look like, because whatever you are thinking, it is probably worse” Imagine hearing these words from someone in real life. It just touched so deeply into my heart that I could imagine the amount of pain from someone who say that just from the words. 
For another who felt defeated, no matter by the way how people look at your or just by getting bullied, this is a great book for you to gain from confidence from. Auggie has no choice but to live with Treacher Collins Syndrome. The book tells the story from August’s perspective of how the world is unfair to him. Even as a young primary school kid, he is suicidal due to all the hates and shame he got from his bullies. As negative as it may sound, Palacio has written a crackling page turner filled with characters you can’t help but root for. 
In a way, I think this book helped me by making me a more sensible person. A more mature and understanding person. Facts are facts that when we were younger, at some point we are just not mature enough to understand that “special” people got no choice and that they are born that way. So after reading the book, it not only helped myself to be a more sensible person, it also make me more confident with myself. Because at the end of the day, we are all born differently and we are all “Wonder” on our own. 

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Food Review
Kedai Kopi Jia Siang

Address: Lot 1-0, Lintas Plaza, Lorong 3, Lintas Plaza Ring Road, 88300 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
Opening hours: Monday-Sunday, 7am-12am (hours or services may differ)

Tel: 013-830 2435
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Type of cuisine: Chinese
Details: Non-Halal restaurant that contains lard.
Price: RM 8.00++ per bowl
Service: good, speedy services during peak hours.
Ambience: Warm and cozy, sometimes crowded due to many customers, black walls with bright light.
Rating: 4/5

Kedai Kopi Jia Siang is one of the famous Chinese noodle restaurants in Sabah with their most popular dish, which is the fresh pork soup known locally as “Sang Nyuk”. Basically, it is a Chinese term that comes with the word raw meat. Here is the main issue that I have received every time when I share this local dish with my friends or people who have not tried before. Every time when I share this local dish with my friends or other people, the first thing they would comment is they thought we were eating raw meat based on the term that they used for the dishes. I would like to clarify that we are not eating raw meat. They named it “Sang Nyuk” to represent that their meats are freshly made and cooked every day.

Apart from that, their soup is freshly boiled with pork without adding any seasonings. It is a must to try their dishes in which they always include lard residue in the dishes and this makes the dishes smell extremely well! The main ingredients that contain in the noodle soup are the types of noodles, vegetables, pork slices, livers, pork balls and other types of innards. Nevertheless, you can request for not adding those innards or lard residue if you despise it or do not get used to consuming innards besides pork. In addition, they are two types of versions, the dry and soup versions. For the dry version, they will mix the noodles with dark sauces in conjunction with the sprinkled minced pork and lard residue on top of the noodles. Their noodles are quite similar to Japanese’s Soba and hence it carries a nice texture on it. The soup versions are quite similar to the dry one but the only difference is the black sauce is not mixed with the noodles and I believe there are no such combinations for all restaurants. Other than serving pork noodle soup, they do serve side dishes as well such as fried dumplings, fried fish balls, fried wonton and even desserts like cendol, red bean soup etc.

When it comes to serving, they often served portions that are quite satisfying even though customers had ordered a small or normal portion. I went to this restaurant with my family a couple of times and we often served with satisfied portions. I believe these are some of the compliments they would receive from the customers in which they are willing to provide customers with satisfied portions in order to fill their stomach. For the price, one bowl of pork noodle soup costs around eight bucks and I would say it is affordable as the ingredients they include are more than enough. You can offer for more lards residue and soup without any extra charges too!

If you are a spicy person, their chili sauce is a must to try because their chilies are freshly planted in their orchard and grinded by themselves. Its origin taste is much different than the chili sauce that you have tasted in other restaurants. When customers came to visit this restaurant, they would definitely buy their chili sauce and bring it back to their hometown. This restaurant is one of the recommended restaurants for non-Sabahan and it will be great to enjoy the meals with your families or a bunch of friends here.

Official Website:
https://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/sabah-pork-noodle-sang-nyuk-mee/

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Music Review

Album: boy. (2017)

Artist: offonoff

I first heard of the talented duo offonoff around the time of the release of the album ‘boy.’ in July 2017. The ‘boy.’ album is a 12-track full length album with R&B and low tempo electronic pop songs that allows one to dive into a tranquil world. The album came with two title tracks which are “boy” and “Dance”. Playing from the first song of the album, I knew that whatever was waiting for me was going to enlighten me.

The whole album sustains the chill and calm vibe through every track and the production of the album is pretty modest with the spacious sound. I would say it is the kind of album that you have to listen on loop to truly appreciate the flow of the sound and the lyrics of the songs.

As I go through the tracks, it is no doubt that the second track “Cigarette” is already one of my favourite songs from the album. The morbid love song featuring Tablo’s poetic lyrics and Miso’s incredible vocal talks about the addictive and bittersweet love that resembles a cigarette. Reading through the comments under the official music video, one of the comments says “I had never taken a cigarette but the lyrics make me feel like I had” and this just proves how impressive the sound and the lyrics are.

Another song that I would like to highlight is of course the second title track “Dance”. This track has more melodic elements to it and I personally think the hook of the song is kind of catchy. The vocals follow more of a melodic flow and the song is accompanied with some rap verses.

As an artist’s first full length album, ‘boy.’ is incredibly an impressive piece of art. Overall, I would say this album is definitely worth a listen.

listen to 'boy.' album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4crHesv3PHfci2PBJ6m9sj?si=qJUWqG0PTge0tP3u-BBsQw

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Song Review

Thanks (2018) - Seventeen

The song:

When Seventeen released the teaser of this song, I thought it would be a pop ballad type, so I was surprised when the song came out as an EDM song, and the entire music video was actually quite dark. Seventeen never fails to surprise us, they performed 'Thanks' during the 2nd day of Caratland (Seventeen’s fan meeting), which is the day before the song's release. They truly brought us to tears as well. As a witness, I told myself this song is really a hit! Nevertheless, I have listened to this song so many times and it has become one of my favourite songs.

There is something about the way the song is produced that makes it highly addictive, even though the EDM is not a new flavour in Seventeen’s music. Throughout the whole song, there are a lot of tempo shifts and melody changes, which make it hard for me to anticipate how the song will go. Woozi’s part before the beat drop was really good and I love it a lot.  Woozi's voice is so beautiful and it makes the drop more intense and more anticipated. For your information, Woozi’s amazing talents for singing, composing, and dancing are already recognised since he was the one who composed most of Seventeen’s songs and a few more that have been performed by other idols. As a result, the whole song is quite predictable as it goes in the same pattern till the end.

The Choreography:
When talking about Seventeen, one cannot ignore their dance moves and their synchronization because it’s definitely the highlight. No matter how many times I have watched Seventeen and I already know that they will pull off hard dance moves perfectly, I still have goosebumps every time I watch them dance to “Thanks”. My favourite part is when Hoshi dances by himself in the restaurant, his moves are beautiful and there are some modern dance moves to it.

The Music Video:
It’s a great video to watch. A tad too dark for my liking, which was the only downside because I had a hard time recognising some of the members in the video. Moving along, the idea behind the video was something that I really liked. The video shows the ‘Behind The Scenes’ for the members, where you can find them in the makeup-room, recording studio, back hallfway or dance practice room. Out of all the scenes, my favourite was the scenes where all the members started dancing in their own areas, launching us right into the final chorus.

Overall, Seventeen does not disappoint with their performance. The song and music video are both outstanding. I absolutely love the choreography!

Song – 9/10
Choreography: 9.5/10
Music Video – 9.5/10
Overall Rating: 9.33/10

Thanks MV Link: https://youtu.be/gZItyr1SNjU

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Movie Review

Insidious Chapter 1 (2010)

Directed by: James Wan

Cast: Patrick Wilson, Josh Feldman, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson

Director James Wan along side with Leigh Whannell’s released their third project together with a modern horror movie creepy enough to make your blood run cold.

Insidious Chapter 1 follows the story of the Lambert family where they moved into a new home with their three children. Dalton, one of the three children had encountered a dark entity when he fell of a ladder in the attic and later ended up in a coma.

Three months into the future, the family, especially Dalton and his mother Renai, experiences constant supernatural events such as eerie voices from the baby monitor demanding the life of her child and bloody handprints on the bedsheet. Eventually, all these events caused the family to move houses and seek help from an expert, Elise Reiner. With the help of Elise, the story progresses into a suspenseful and shock-filled point where the family finds out that Dalton was trapped in an astral dimension as a vessel for entities.

The insidious film series is rather unique in a way that audiences would be able to follow a spine chilling journey and in depth understanding of the overall story by watching the series backwards from chapters 4 to 1.

Official website: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1591095/

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Book Review

Attachments (2011) by Rainbow Rowell

Set in 1999, Lincoln works as an Internet security officer at a local newspaper. He is tasked with going through emails of employees to make sure they comply with the policy. To put it simply, he hates his job. The idea he had about being an Internet security officer are to build firewalls, finding hackers and other stuff that prevents their system from going haywire. Not reading the employees’ emails.

He comes across emails being sent by two woman, Beth and Jennifer. He should be turning them in for non-professionalism at work, but he finds himself being captivated and intrigued by their stories.

He finds himself falling for Beth and by then, it was too late to introduce himself.

To me, books by Rainbow Rowell are either a hit or a miss – this was a miss.

To many, falling head-over-heels in love with someone based on their emails to their friend is romantic and sweet. It just goes to show that looks are not everything. But when do you come across a story like this happening in real life?

The idea of a book or any piece of entertainment in to get you hooked on the story and its characters. Unfortunately for this book, the first half of it bored me. The only excitement I got is reading the emails between Beth and Jennifer, just like Lincoln.

Besides that, Lincoln is probably one of the dullest main characters I have read about. Page after page, I find myself rolling my eyes and face-palming myself. In my opinion, there was not much development in his character which I am pretty upset about.

It is a good novel. Just not enough for me to love the book in its full glory.

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Movie Review

PARASITE (2019)

Directors : Bong Joon-ho
Castr : Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Lee Jung-eun

"A strange and bitter class fable that was clearly woven by rising and falling."
Director Bong said that he came up with the parasite's first idea on the theatre stage, and set the working title as 'decalcomania' to see the two families from the same point of view.
Director Bong's films have both artistry and publicity, so even though they contain unfamiliar artistry, they can fully enjoy the film without having to understand the unfamiliar artistry.

The family of Ki-taek (Song Kang-ho) belongs to the lowest class who makes a living by folding a pizza box at the underground house.
One day, The eldest son, Ki-woo (Woo-sik Choi) 's friend, Min-hyuk (Park Seo-jun) proposes a high-priced tutoring position to Ki-woo (Woo-sik Choi), and he goes to Park(Lee Sun-gyun) 's home who is the CEO of a global IT company. Starting with Ki-woo (Choi Woo-sik), all of Ki-taek (Song Kang-ho) 's family live like parasites in the Park's House(Lee Sun-gyun). However, they encountered another family of parasites hidden in the basement, and the two families gradually struck catastrophe.
The movie "Parasite" is a black comedy about the encounters of three families, the upper-class and the lower-class and the lowest- class, who are unlikely to happen in life.

When it comes to class conflict, it is thought of a fight between the upper class and the lower class.
However, the interesting thing about this Movie "parasite" is that this class fight is a place fight between the lower classes. It is very realistic in that it is a Zero-Sum game played over a set of pies among the lower class. "Parasite" is a great movie with an ensemble of actors without any outstanding characters. The movie will end with a closed ending, but When I came out of the movie, I started to thinking about the stories covered in the movie from then on.

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Shamiella Baziella Binti Mohamad (0333104)

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Song Review: Gracie Abrams, MINOR

Achingly raw voice and chillingly honest with her introspective lyrics will surely dampen your mood and have you going to a dark place of when you had your heartbroken, even if you’re currently happy in love. L.A singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams was able to garner attention and popularity through different social media platforms despite never having played on IRL gig. While only having few tracks released on her first commercial EP, Minor. That being so, listening to Minor is like reading a diary of her most personal and unfiltered thoughts. Minor, consists of seven tracks reveals something new and somber about the heartbreak she’s endured from her past experiences- be it a relationship or friendship. The first track from the EP is “Friend”, starts out with a metallic guitar plucking as she sings in the unbelievably catchy chorus “And I hate the way you love me/ And I hate that I still care”, shows the sharp feeling of missing someone packaged into a soft, beautiful song that is breathtakingly intimate and melancholy. Personally, the entire EP to me doesn’t feel entirely grounded- there’s something whimsical, floaty, and light instrumental in each of her background songs. There’s also slightly poppiness to it. Feels like vaguely-dream like that Minor is the probably best EP I’ve ever heard. Her strong voice is what packs a punch as well as bring this track back down to earth.

Gracie's Minor EP: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4tuJ0bMpJh08umKkEXKUI5?si=bl2C40XkRm2JrutAchH0bw

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Irdina Damia binti Muhammad Adam Mikhail Lim (0339011)

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Movie Review : Parasite (2019)

Cast :  Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, and Park So-dam

Director : Bong Joon-ho

Being the first Korean movie to win multiple awards in The Oscars such as for Best Picture and Best International Feature Film, this thrilling yet somewhat comedic movie called Parasite was directed by Bong Joon-Ho. This director is well known for producing films featuring social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts such as Snowpiercer (2013) and Okja (2017). It is a thrilling movie that showcases how a low-life family plotted a dark yet smartly planned out idea to leech off the rich.

It all started with a young man (Ki-woo) from the Kim family who was struggling to find a job as his whole family has low-paying temporary jobs as pizza box folders, and struggle to make ends meet. But his life took a turn when he met up with his university friend who gave him a rock that promised wealth and suggested him to work as an English tutor for the daughter of the wealthy Park family, Da-hye. Ki-woo then forges and buys a fake degree certificate posing as a Yonsei University student and is instantly hired by the Parks.

As Ki-woo successfully fools the Parks, he cleverly tries his best to persuade the Parks to recruit his family members to work for them as well. However, in order for him to do so, he had to get rid of the workers/staff that the Parks currently have. What seemed to be an easy task to get rid of their current workers, suddenly unfolds into a more dark and gruesome plan that soon leads to bloodshed.

From my perspective, even before Parasite was nominated in the Oscars I had a feeling it was going to be very successful and I was not wrong. This movie managed to prove that Asian filmmakers can produce just as amazing film as Western filmmakers. The cinematic's of this movie was truly amazing and definitely lived up to its expectations. This movie showed how people would do anything for money even if it leads to violence and would also do anything to achieve the things they do not have. It showed me to not always be too gullible and let my guard down and trust someone so easily based on how they introduce themselves. This movie is recommended to break your stereotype on Asian filmmakers.

More on Parasite : https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/parasite-movie-analysis/

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Food Review

Blackbyrd KL

Platinum Park, Naza Tower, 10, Persiaran KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, 50450 Kuala Lumpur

Opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday: 12pm-12am; Sunday to Tuesday: 12pm-10pm

Rating: 4.1/5

Price range: RM 8- RM250

Opening hours:Mon-Fri; 10AM-10PM, Sat-Sun; 9AM-10PM

Blackbyrd KL is a new lifestyle concept located on Level 50, Naza Tower Platinum Park. It is a contemporary dining space that infuses unique flavors from all over the world for a one-of-a-kind experience that overlooks our spectacular Kuala Lumpur City skyline.

We’ve booked the private room that can fit up to 16pax but there was a minimum spending which is RM1,500 with a deposit of RM500.

My friends and I went over to Black Byrd a month back to celebrate one of our friend’s 20thbirthday. I’ve personally tried the Crispy Nori Crunch which is a starter. Smoked salmon topped on a seaweed crunch, with some salmon roe and self-made sauce. It was one of the best starter I’ve had. For main, I’ve tried the Truffle Carbonara and Aglio Olio. Personally, the Aglio Olio was a little too spicy for my liking but the Truffle Carbonara was amazing. They were so generous with the truffle and the creamy sauce. The portion was a little too small but overall it was good cause it wasn’t too expensive.

Black Byrd is also linked to a club called Kyo. I went during RMCO therefore it wasn’t very loud and noisy.

Ambience: Cozy, Warm, Comfortable to have a chill dinner at.

Service: The staffs were all very friendly and helpful. They are well trained and they have good photography skills as well.

Best dishes: Crispy Nori Crunch and Truffle Carbonara

Details: Ingredients used are halal.

Advice: It is recommended to make reservation a few days before as they are always full.

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Cafe review
Bean Brothers PJ

Originating from Korea, the flagship outlet of Bean Brothers Malaysia is situated at Sunway Damansara, Petaling Jaya -- an instagram worthy cafe with good food, coffee and ambience that is located not far away from the crowded Kota Damansara and Mutiara Damansara. Upon arriving, guests will feel that they arrived at a wrong or maybe haunted place because of its isolated location within the residential and industrial sites.

The cafe is surrounded by old walls, dark steel pillars, concrete flooring and wooden tables supported by steel legs. Extremely spacious, industrial like interior and a touch of modern contemporary is what catches the guests’s eyes.

As a specialty coffee company, Bean Brother’s take pride in understanding and constant pursuit for good coffee. They roast their beans every day and do provide service that will ship your coffee beans orders directly to your doorstep. Not to mention that their staffs are friendly (good looking), and baristas with full passion of coffee.

Environment: Their brewing bars are dedicated to making superb coffee, open kitchen concepts  that allow their guests to catch a glimpse of their experienced chefs preparing dishes. There are plenty of spaces, and tables to seat friends and families to have a hearty meal and some heart to heart conversations.

Food: Most recommended dish was the croissant and scrambled eggs and chips, wide range of coffee beans selection, from columbia to ethiopia ,they have specialty brewed coffee like clever dripper ,V60, aeropress,french press .

Ambience: Overall it is a very noisy place but has a very lively atmosphere  ,would not recommend it to be a place to study , but great for group gatherings and to grab a good cup of coffee.

Bean Brothers Petaling Jaya

Jalan PJU 3/50, Sunway Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan

Opening Hours: 0830 – 2000

Kitchen by Bean Brothers: 0830 – 1700

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TV Series Review (Anime)

Princess Tutu (2005)

Cast: Katou Nanae, Mizuki Nana, Sakurai Takahiro, Yanagi Naoki, Mitani Noboru.

Director: Junichi Sato (chief) and Shogo Koumoto. Sato Junichi is a name highly regarded in the history of shoujo anime, beginning with his major involvement in Sailor Moon and Ojamajo Doremi, followed by notable work in Evangelion, Aria, and

Plot: Following the death of Drosselmeyer, a fabled author, the characters of his unfinished work come to life in an attempt to bring their eternal conflict to an end. When the Prince seals the antagonist of the story, the Raven away, his heart is shattered and spread across the city-- bringing stories around the city to life, creating a dystopian town where the line between fairy tale and reality is blurred. Drosselmeyer, a fanatical ghost now eager to see his story go on in unprecedented ways, gives a duck the ability to transform into Princess Tutu, a magical girl capable of restoring the prince's Heart.

Thoughts: Princess Tutu is a wildly underestimated anime for its very jejune title. Breaking the barriers of magical girl anime and its straightforward episodic format, Princess Tutu is a story that goes far beyond 'magical girl battles' into psychological warfare, conflicting ideals, and deep insights and life lessons. Princess Tutu, while not transformed, is simply a clumsy girl with an infatuation of the prince. Even beyond that, she is simply a duck-- and by the pen of Drosselmeyer, the author of the story, she soon learns that she is doomed to be a tragic princess that doesn't end up with her prince. This is very intruguing to me as stories in this genre don't usually line up such a red flag for the romance plot point so soon.

The directing in this story is phenomenal. The story is far more than two dimensional in its storytelling, as Drosselmeyer, the supposed-dead author of the story, speaks to Princess Tutu, edges her onto the dramatics, and is always a step ahead of her. Though Drosselmeyer plays with the city like it's in the palm of his hands, the character learn to defy him, defy their presumed 'destiny' in otder to achieve their 'happy ending'. Despite its underestimated reputation, many have said great things about this story, and even more have broken it down into long articles simply to dissect each moment of its genius directing and foreshadowing in the early moments of the show.

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Drama review

Go Ahead (2020)
46 Episodes

Rating: 9/10

Cast: Seven Tan Song Yun, Song Wei Long, Steven Zhang, Tu Song yan, Zhang Xi Lin, Sun Yi

Director: Ding Zi Guang

Home is probably the strongest and vulnerable part in everyone’s life. Three troubled individuals became a close knitted family although they are not related. In this drama, it shows how important love and support from each other can help find solace and experiencing life’s joy and strife to heal to become better version of themselves.

This story revolves around familial theme. One with dysfunctional family, one got abandoned by his mom and one who got no mom since early age. At some point, this story tells that even family members can be toxic and that is the reality. However, this drama also gives me a new perspective, even though they are living a bad childhood, but that does not stop them from achieving what they want to be. Which everyone in the drama fought their battles; be it mental health, family, love, career and dreams. As per Ling Xiao (Song Wei Long) said, “eventually, everything will be better”. Other than that, I also loved the character development of Li Jian Jian (Seven Tan Song Yun) the most, which she grew from a childish to mature and be the human embodiment of the drama.

There is so much to talk about this drama but it would take me at least 20 pages with size 11 on Microsoft Word. The chemistry between each characters is natural as they are like born with acting talent which quite a rare gems these days. The story plot is also amazing, it has that slice of life, comedy and romance together. In conclusion, this drama is highly recommended to watch as it is very relatable with what has been happening in this modern reality.

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a f*ck by Mark Manson
Genre: Self-Enrichment, Self growth
Publisher: HarperOne
Publisher Awards: #1 New York Times Bestseller over 2 million copies

Self growth has always been a never ending process, and I’ve come along with this book. To be honest, I was actually attracted by the title first, before reading the summary at the back. Among the few self growth books I’ve read, this holds a place in my heart. Not giving a f*ck to anything that bothers you, just follow your instincts, it is easier to say than be done. This book taught me how to not care about what others think and see about me and just be myself. I've always been very amazed by the people who can express and be themselves in the public. “F*ck positivity,” Mark Manson says. “Let’s be honest, 🤬 is f*cked and we have to live with it.” Even though it sounded very rude and a little too straightforward, I can’t deny the fact that this sounds true as well! For a person that is always conscious about what others think about, like me, this book indeed does its job.

However, the author is a little too proud of himself to the extent where he sounded cruel and emotionless. There was a short story in the book talking about a father who lost his son and he was very sad about it, he can’t sleep, he can’t eat because he just couldn’t let it go. In my opinion, this is very understandable for someone to be sad by having a family member leaving them. But Mark Manson, in another way, he asked the father to just shake it off and continue living his life. Saying it off so casually gives off a very rude and disrespectful attitude.

In conclusion, this is a book that helps with self growth and self enrichment, I will suggest it to someone who needs the motivation to have trust in themselves and to care less about how and what the public thinks about them. But at the same time, evaluating the book by yourself is very important, not everything from the book applies well on you and filtering the points out helps with better self growth and self understanding.

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TV Series Review
SUPERNATURAL (2005):

Casts : Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, Alexander Calvert
Writers : Eric Kripke, Robert Singer, Jeremy Carver, Sera Gamble

A show about two brothers who risk their lives everyday trying to save people from supernatural beings. Sam and Dean Winchester, brothers and hunters, started off just working together in hopes to find their father, whom had gone missing during a hunting trip of his own. During this journey, the brothers crossed paths with supernatural beings of all sorts such as Vampires, Demons, Shapeshifters, Werewolves
, and many more. They even befriended an Angel of the Lord, Castiel, whom try to help them stop The Apocalypse. After The Apocalypse period, Castiel then started to become a hunter as well, he also learnt more about the human nature and understood free will better. There are too many things interesting about this series to write about as there are a total of 15 seasons, and the final few episodes are still yet to be released as well.

Supernatural is a very interesting watch as it has a very diverse storyline. The show has episodes talking about lore coming from different beliefs including Greek Mythology, Christianity, Egyption Gods, and many more. This TV series also includes a lot of subtle comedic aspects such as breaking fourth walls and ironic humour. The boys even had an episode collaboration with 🤬 Doo, which was something very different yet enjoyable. Supernatural is a very unique series, filled with many plot twists and interesting storylines. The series is highly recommended for people who are interested in the paranormal, as well as the different lore behind different beliefs.

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Animated Movie Review
Spirited Away (2001)

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Casts : Rumi Hiiragi Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Bunta Sugawara, Yoomi Tamai, Akio Nakamura

Awards : Academy Award for Best Featured Film (2003), Golden Bear (2002)

Spirited Away is an animated fantasy film based on a little girl, the daughter of the director Hayao Miyazaki’s friend Seiji Okuda, the movie's associate producer, who came to visit his house each summer. It tells the story of a 10-year-old girl Chihiro Ogino (Rumi Hiiragi), on a journey to free her parents. Chihiro and her parents were astonished by the seemingly abandoned park when they entered the world of Kami (spirits of Japanese Shinto folksfore) by mistake. After her parents are turned into pigs by the witch Yubaba (Mari Natsuki), Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba's bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world.

To be honest, I’m not a big fan of anime. However, this movie, there’s something that I can’t explain about and it has became my favourite anime. This movie can be described as beautiful and realistic which teases the unreal, making me watching it again and again. The way that Miyazaki animates this film is very unique. Most animated films have little detail in them visually, but Spirited away is an exception. Every character, place, and scene is animated to the smallest detail. The animations are nearly life-like and the spiritual twist to the movie makes it a must to watch. Throughout the story, Chihiro must evade the clutches of terrifying, nightmarish beasts that pose mortal threat to her. Chihiro is overtaken by challenges unimaginable for a girl her age, and must mature in the daunting world around her. Miyazaki’s story can be interpreted as a metaphoric hyperbole for the melancholy experience of growing up.

The art of Ghiblie did it again with another great piece of art and people. Eternally grateful to Hayao Miyazaki for his movies which offered an escape from reality.

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Anime Review

HunterXHunter (2011-2014)

Cast: Erica Mendez, Mariya Ise, Erika Harlacher, Greg Chun, Chisa Yokoyama

Creator: Yoshihiro Togashi

Studio: Madhouse

Naruto lovers, this might be your new kick. Togashi puts together an absolute masterpiece of storytelling, adventure, friendship, humor, and lore. It is complex, peculiar, dynamic, and intellectual. The anime contains 148 episodes of “edge-of-your-seat” excitement and incredibly motivating character arcs. Madhouse studios puts on a masterclass with, high quality animation, with vivid colors and detailed action scenes.

You embark your journey with an unsuspecting, innocent boy, Gon Freecs on Whale Island. The underlying plot of the Shonen features Gon (the protagonist) in search for his missing father, Ging. Gon is adventurous, motivated, and so positive in nature, it is intoxicating.

Gon meets a variety of unique characters and three essential friends: Killua Zoldyck, Kurapika and Zepile. If the names are not bizarre sounding enough, to give you an idea, Killua is a 14-year-old assassin from the very start. Gon is alongside those three throughout most of the Shonen, however there is a clear spotlight on the “bromance” between Gon and Killua. They share an inexplicable bond and motivate each other to grow continuously.

You are essentially placed in an observer point-of-view, completely oblivious to the world of “Hunters” and the journey that lies ahead, just like Gon. The anime features a narration style that adds suspense and reviews the plotline every episode. Like the concepts in Naruto, where there is “Chakra” here it is “Nen” and instead of Shinobi there are Hunters. However, it is entirely unique in its own sense.

Verdict: This Shonen will tap into your emotions. It will make you feel sad, happy, awe and bewildered. The story contains twists and turns that you do not see in most plot driven Shonens which brings out the charm and surprise factor. It is an atypical class of anime where there is more than meets the eye.

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Movie Review

The Space Between Us (2017)

Cast: Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino, Britt Robertson, B. D. Wong, Janet Montgomery, Trey Tucker, Scott Takeda

Director: Peter Chelsom

The Space Between Us plays out on two planets, Mars and Earth. It mentions story about Gardner Elliot.

Gardner was born and lives in Mars for 16 years. His mother is an astronaut and she died unfortunately after gives birth to Gardner.

Gardner has accidentally known Tulsa, an Earth girl. After they return to Earth, Gardner escapes from them and meets Tulsa. Everything at Earth is new for Gardner. However, he cannot withstand the atmospheric pressure of Earth, Gardner must be returned to Mars immediately to survive.

Soon after, Gardner returns to Mars successfully. Kendra has adopted Tulsa and train her to become an astronaut.

From my point of view, director Peter Chelsom has successfully produced a romantic science fiction film. I really love this movie as it reflects the impossible problems like people can live in Mars all the lifetime. Besides, it also show the possibility to make friends with people from different spaces. Although Gardner and Tulsa have separated at the end, but both of them have gain their family bond. Therefore, I think that this will be a happy ending scene for the audiences.

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TV series review
Anne with an E (2017-2019)

Cast: Amybeth Mcnulty, Lucas J. Zumann, Geraldine James, R.H Thomson, Dalila Bela, Aymeric Jett Montaz

Anne with an E is a TV series based on the children’s novel ‘Anne of Green Gables’ by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It is a story about an outsider who fights for acceptance, for her place in the world, and for love. A young orphaned girl named Anne Shirley who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly spinster and her aging brother in Green Gables, Avonlea.

Anne with an E manages to bring up topics that we rarely see in other shows and series, it emphasizes on the importance of family, friends, nature, and most of all, staying true to yourself. It also tackles modern day issues that have been existing for decades such as racism, sexism, prejudice and bullying in such a heartwarming but educational manner.

This series is incredible from the writing, acting, costumes to music. Not to mention its smooth and eye-catching cinematography and use of setting really helps set the scene in Avonlea.

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Food Review
Indah House, Kuching - Cafe, Art Event Space, Cooking Class

Address: 38 Upper China Street, off Carpenter Street, 93000, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Operating Hours: 8AM-5PM daily

Contact: +6 012 388 6535 or indahhousekuching@gmail.com

Rating: ******4.5/5 (#2 of 487 Restaurants in Kuching)

Price Range: RM 2 – RM 16

Intro: A one-stop blend of cool neighbourhood cafe, cooking-class venue and hip art space, Indah is one of Kuching's best cafes. Menu highlights include tasty roti canai wraps and Western-style sandwiches. A concise selection of vegan and vegetarian menu items combines with good coffee, juices and teas. They can also help to arrange tours in and around Kuching, and longhouse and homestay visits.

Kuching is home to quite the hipster café scene, so it’s easy to struggle to pick which ones you should hit up while you’re there. The choices are just so vast! My humble offering for your consideration is Indah House—a trendy cafe which not only serves delicious local and Western dishes, but also offers cooking classes and an art and event space. There is nary a bad review in sight!

A concise selection of vegan and vegetarian menu items combines with good coffee, juices and teas. This restaurant also caters to vegans and vegetarians as well as meat lovers, so no one has to miss out on this cozy experience. You can sit back, enjoy the food and drinks (their coconut smoothie is highly recommended!), and even join in a batik painting session if you want!

Ambience: Great place to hang out. Chill vibes, very cosy, friendly service and most of all - really tasty vegan fare. Also love how much they’re doing to help facilitate the local art scene.

Service: Their service is a 10/10. The owners Colin and Trudy are friendly and really helpful. They can provide advice on places to see in and around Kuching and can organise trips for you.

Cuisines: Cafe, Asian, Healthy, Malaysian, Fusion

Special Diets: Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Halal, Gluten Free Options

Specialties: Bakes in-house and offers vegan food choices like nasi lemak, roti canai/pratha with vegetable curry, gula apong tempe wrap, pesto pasta, vegan burger. Has coffee drinks with coconut milk, fresh juices.

Features : Delivery, Reservations, Serves Alcohol, Gift Cards Available, Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Street Parking, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Wine and Beer, Digital Payments, Cash Only, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Free off-street parking, Drive Thru, Family style, Non-smoking restaurants

Advice: I would advice you to visit during weekdays non-peaked hour as the restaurant is always packed with people and it is hard to find parking around the area.

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The Gifted (2018)

Cast: Korapat Kirdpan, Wachirawit Ruangwiwat, Apichaya Thongkham, Ramida Jiranorrapat, Attaphan Phunsawat, Harit Cheewangaroon, Pattadon Janngeon

Directors: O Patha Thongpan, Waasuthep Ketpetch, Dome Jarupat Kannula

Being someone who can’t sit through a movie or television series without getting distracted numerous times I figured that watching a full length show really isn't my thing. As such, I turned to the great website known as YouTube which has loads of movies and television series explanation. I usually do not watch the full length of a Tv series after I had watch an explanation on it, but this series was different. It got me curious and watching it in full.

The scene is set in Ritdha High School, a school with a strict hierarchy system where students are sorted based on their academic performance. Students from the first class get the best facilities and fastest internet speed but students from the last class has dirty toilet and slow internet speed. However, there’s something different amidst all these hierarchy, the school “Gifted Program”. A program surrounded by mysteries and exceptionally difficult to get in.

The story beings as Pang a 10th grade student in the last class miraculously enters into the Gifted Program (he’s the first one to do so). Filled with doubt as to how he got in, he steps into his first day as a Gifted student. Eventually with the help of his newfound friends they figured out the truth behind the Gifted Program and the dark secrets surrounding it. There is always a deeper darker secret behind the glamours outside.

Being a television show mainly meant for teenagers’ one would never expect how much hidden meaning it encompasses. Looking past what the Gifted Program is we see a reflection of what is happening now in schools across the globe. Teachers favouring and giving special benefits to students with better academic results compared. And the fact that no matter how hard some try the norm can never be changed.

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Song Review

Real Friends by Camila Cabello

"Real Friends" is the second instant gratitude track in Camila Cabello's debut album, CAMILA. Compared to "Havana"'s tropical Cuban dance-pop vibes, "Real Friends" is a ballad song with its slow and chill tempo. Featuring an acoustic guitar with her soft and honest voice, it is one of her songs that pours her heart out about friendship.

Both "Real Friends" and "I Have Questions" of her track shares a similar theme as inspired by a heartbreak of her close friend rejecting her. She explained this song is "about feeling lonely and disillusioned by people in LA while I was away from home."

I'm just lookin' for some real friends. All they ever do is let me down. Every time I let somebody in. Then I find out what they're all about as Camila tells the struggles inside her. I can picture her sitting by the window singing at night, telling no one but to the sky. Throughout the song, she mentioned the moon several times as she personifies the moon as a friend. I stay up, talkin' to the moon, Tell me what's the point of a moon like this, When I'm alone again, showing her disappointment after what has happened.

Along with the repetitive guitar strumming chords, it feels like Camila is telling her story of insecure, unreliable friends that listeners can relate and connect to her emotions. "Real Friends" is not as catchy but it brings out the insight of someone in friendship. I believe this song is a hidden gem that cannot be overlooked.

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Cafe review: Toast Lab

Address: No.44, Jalan Manis 3, Taman Bukit Segar, 56100 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

It was all over my Instagram feed that I willingly gave up my keto diet and dragged my foodie pal all the way from Seremban to Cheras, just to witness the truth to its fame.

Entering the cafe sets our mood apart from the traffic gridlock we suffered from getting a parking in the street where it is located. The natural toned-interior soothes our vision, accompanied by soft music that reinforces the calm ambience.

The menu had definitely given us a hard time trying to come up with our final picks. They offer more than fifteen choices for toasts alone, alongside with Taiwanese snacks like sweet potato balls, tofu pudding, pop chicken and a comprehensive selection of beverages. After much deliberation, the two of us agreed on four sets of toasts and a cup of taro milk that gives the cashier a jaw drop.

They’re commendable for being considerate enough to provide carbs-concerned customers like me with an alternative choice of bread, and most importantly, their “Low cal toast” section on the menu.

The moment our meal is served, I come to realize why it has been so viral. The food is served in a way so instagrammable and essentially mouth-watering. The size of it makes us doubt our appetite to not waste any of it.

My favourite among all was their ‘Signature taro chicken floss toast’. As a experienced foodie, I can tell that from the light shade of violet, the filling is made of pure yams, with a slight hint of milk that gives it the rich and smooth texture that when I eagerly gorged on the thick layer of taro paste stuffed in between two pieces of wholewheat bread toasted just right. Fret not if you’re not a sweet tooth. The taro paste is not going to cloy you as its sweetness is balanced by another thick layer of crispy chicken floss.

Their ‘Peanut butter bacon egg toast’ appeared to be my second pick. I’m amazed by how the crunchy peanut butter goes so well with savoury juicy bacon. Every bite is stuffed with rich ingredients and sprinkled with delicate preparations that definitely outpriced what we paid for.

The 50km food hunting trip and weight gained were totally worth it.

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Restaurant Review
Ichiran Ramen (Taiwan)

Ichiran Ramen is a Japanese food ramen food service which specialize in tonkotsu ramen. It’s first chain restaurant is located in Fukuoka, Japan, 

Food Review

Ichiran Ramen is a Japanese food ramen food service which specialize in tonkotsu ramen. Ichiran Ramen, Taipei No. 97, Songren Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City, Taiwan 110: A relaxing theme restaurant suitable for families to dine during the weekends. Ichiran Ramen was originated from Japan and have been serving ramen for more than three decades. Taiwan was one of the chain restaurants which was opened in the year 2017. Ichiran is open 24 hours everyday with a rating of 4.1/5.

Food: Ichiran serves a flexible menu where customers can customize their own bowl of ramen based on their liking. Waste management is taken very seriously in this restaurant. The menu that they created solves wastage and improves the available choices that the customers could pick.

Price: Also, the price range for each bowl of ramen range from around RM20 to RM50 depending on the choices of ingredients choose by the customers. Reservations can’t be made and only walk in is allowed.

Ambience and table: The environment in Ichiran bring a very warm and pleasant vibe which is suitable for family dining. The dining area is also separated where everyone would have their own spot eating their ramen. Creating more privacy for everyone in the restaurant.

Details: Non-Halal, overall, the food and ambience in Ichiran is considered as high class. Consideration on the environment and wastage is important in a restaurant.

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Movie Review

Extraction (2020)

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, Golshifteh Farahani, Pankaj Tripathi, David Harbour

Director: Sam Hargrave

Extraction is an American action-thriller movie that released on Netflix. It stars Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake, a super tough mercenary. He is being hired for a mind-blowing amount of money to rescue Ovi Mahajan, an Indian biggest drug lord's son, who is kidnapped by the biggest rival drug lord in Dhaka, Amir Asif.

After Tyler successfully saving (extract) Ovi, his father's men intentionally fail to transfer the funds. Tyler and his team only realize they got screwed. Supposedly, Tyler should leave Ovi aside and have the chance to go back home safely, however, he refuses to abandon Ovi.

After that, Asif orders the whole police force to conduct an immediate lockdown of Dhaka, securing all bridges out of the city. This is where the climaxes take place with intense action and a well-staged gun battle. A lot of bloody and brutal scenes happen here.
Towards the end of the climax, Tyler Rake is badly wounded but he still successfully saves Ovi from getting assassinated on the bridge and prompts him to run to safety. As Ovi is at a secured location, Tyler Rake decides to jump off the bridge right into the river and sacrifices his life as memories of his dead son flash through his eyes.

My thought on this movie is that some people may look tough on the outside, but they will still have a soft heart inside. When there is a choice that Tyler can give up on the kid, he chooses not to and decide to continue to save the kid. Also, Tyler was very sad, lonely, and keep blaming himself because he's unable to bear watching his son died as he had gone voluntarily. It is implied that Tyler takes on the rescue mission as a sort of death wish, and at the end of the film, sacrifices himself to save Ovi, with whom he forms a strong bond through the story.

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Movie review

Little Women (2019)

Cast:
Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Chris Cooper

Director: Greta Gerwig

Actually, this is the first time I saw the story of Little Women, it was great. Reality and memory interweave, the story is divided into two lines to cross narrative, contrast is very strong, it seems that the youth life is particularly beautiful and precious. Yes, don't get too attached to the good old days. Life doesn't always go as you want it to. I really like the portrayal of the four sisters in the movie.

Meg was the oldest sister, lovely with beauty. She longed for the rich and high society, she always reminded herself to abide by the noble qualities by her family. She also has a little bit of vanity. However, Meg chose ordinary love and family life, but she did not completely become a vague shadow under the two identities of "mother" and "wife".

Joe is the kind of person who qualifies to be a legend, to be the ideal of many. God loves her and gives her talent and ability to break the limit ceiling by her own society. At the youth, she chose unmarry because she wanted to achieve her goals. Because she believed that she could defy the women’s routine life and destiny in that society.

Amy is my favorite character. I prefer when she grew up. because she is awake and self-knowledge, she clearly knows the little gift of oneself in painting, however. But the world's most don't lack the kind of "little”. She just accepted, after one more attempt, that her would not come being a painter,  calmly and rationally gave up. Similarly, she tried to another way to get a rich life, without a trace of fantasy. But she also had an unquenchable passion.

Beth is the image of a little angel, everyone's favorite little sister, returned to the sky too early. She didn't really need to be discussed.

There's another reason I like Little Women, because it's a story about the fluctuation of one big family. It seems that I have always been fond of similar stories. When I grow up, I serious feeling the family bond is indescribable, people in the family may have all kinds of conflicts, but there is indeed a love in blood and bone, which makes our life closely related.

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Album Review
Reputation by Taylor Swift

Release Date: November 10, 2017

Label: Big Machine Records (under Big Machine Label Group

Genre: Pop

In 2017, Taylor Swift released yet another critically acclaimed album titled, Reputation. Unlike her previous albums, this album is fresh and empowering but a features a darker and heavier tone. It also showcases, how her sound evolved and how she grew from the Taylor Swift we once got used to. Some of her hottest singles off the album includes, "Look What You Made Me Do", "Gorgeous", "Delicate" "End Game" and "…Ready For It?".

This album was influenced by Swift's highly publicized personal life and disputes. From my perspective, I believe it was written as a form of catharsis for Taylor herself rather than her fans. As some of the songs really capture struggles and what she had to go through while recording this album. Overall, it is an expressive album with a different kind of style which fans weren't expecting from Swift. All the lyrics were deep and beautifully written and some were bittersweet for songs such as, "New Year's Day" and "Delicate". I would recommend this album to anyone who's into pop and rock to give it a listen. In my opinion, this album another one of Swifts's masterpieces since her last album, "1989". It has so much hidden and a great way to explain that she is great singer and doesn't need to explain it because this album speaks for itself! There will be no explanation, there will be only reputation.